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Wild Birds- What Do They Prefer At Their Feeding Station?
By Neisha Bjorklund
Each and every wild bird has their own favorite meals, but the popular sunflower seeds are known to be the favorite among seed-eater birds. This is important information for bird enthusiasts who may want to attract a variety of wild birds to their backyard feeders. This information also explains why sunflower seed is the major ingredient in wild bird seed mixes. There is a wide variety of wild bird seed mixes to choose from for bird feeding, but most mixes are not a favorite among wild birds. There are three main tips for purchasing wild bird seed. The first tip would be to check the label. Smart shoppers usually check the label when they buying food for their families these days. Labels should also be checked when buying seed mixes as well. If you want to attract a variety of wild birds to your feeders, stay away from wild bird mixes that contain oats, cereals and/or "mixed grains." Most wild birds dislike these ingredients. Another tip is to avoid fillers such as the mixed grains. Some bird seed mixes contain “filler” seeds, which add weight to the bag, but usually

end up in a pile under your bird feeder because birds know what they like, and simply put, it’s not “fillers.” Birds often sweep their bills through their seed and dump the ones they don't want or they dislike on to the ground. Even ground-feeding birds may even ignore the spilled seed. The final tip in purchasing wild bird seed is to select clean bags of food. Most bird seed is 94 to 95 percent clean, which may sound pretty clean, but a 40-pound bag of seed may include over two pounds of inedible material, which means more debris that will find its way to the ground. Some vendors are required to sift the bird seed three times to remove any empty shells, sticks, leaves and other debris which is commonly found in other vendors’ seed bags.


So to wrap things up, I hope you found this information helpful to you. Now you know the basic tips on what your wild birds want and prefer. Take these three simple steps in consideration next time you purchase your wild bird seed and take notice at the increase in wild birds feeding at your feeders.
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Finch bird feeders are a remarkable way of luring finches to your garden. These feeders can get the seed-eating birds right onto your porch, if you want. You can choose from a wide array

of finch bird feeders. Most bird feeders are specially designed to meet the requirements of a specific type of bird. Finches will definitely benefit from this type of bird feeder.

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How To Make Finch Bird Feeders

How To Make Finch Bird Feeders
By Mayoor Patel
Sometimes the best thing about having bird feeders in your garden is sharing those moments of bird watching with your children. It is a wonderful opportunity to teach them about the wildlife that flies past your window as well as a nice time to spend sharing something beautiful with your kids. If this is something you want to do perhaps you also would like to make some of the bird feeders with them. Depending on the age of your kids this can be another sharing and learning opportunity. One of the feeders you could make is the finch bird feeders. They are a little more complicated than making the simpler platform feeders which are very simple, but not so hard that you could not construct one.

Since finches are such tiny birds what is used as a finch bird feeder is often a tube bird feeder. The first thing to do is to find all the materials that will be needed. Start with a narrow plastic tube. This can be something that was used as a medicine bottle, spice jar or soda pop bottle. Then you will need something to use as perches. The best thing to use for this will be doweling. Doweling are round pieces of wood. You will want them to be no wider than a quarter of an inch. This allows

the birds to grab onto them easier. How long they are is completely dependent on the width of the tube you are using. On average each piece of dowel should be around six inches long. This measurement allows the perches to be a few inches long for the birds to sit on. It the tube you use is very wide you will need longer pieces of doweling. You will also need a small hook which has a screw at one end, a hot glue gun or strong glue, paint, using non toxic is a must and a drill with a few bits so there are ones that are big enough for the multiple purposes you will need them for.

Take the drill and make holes for the dowel to go into. Leave them longer on one side so the bird has a place to sit on the perch then glue them in place. Depending on how big the tube is you can make at least six perches by alternating them on all the sides. Use the screw hook to attach the top of the feeder to your tree. If you want to make it more attractive for your garden you can paint it. This is the simplest way to build finch bird feeders. You can do this with your children, having each of them build one to put outside their bedroom windows, so that they too can they watching the birds feed.

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How To Get High Quality Finch Bird Feeders

In most cases, birdhouses available in a local nursery or garden centre are intended to accommodate a particular species of bird. Bird feeders come built in various different shapes to feed a specific bird.

Finch bird feeders are tubular, long shaped feeders, intended to bear a resemblance to a tree in which a finch could often discover much of its provisions in the wild. Likewise, humming birdhouses are equipped with an extended tube filled with a sweet nectar liquid that is comparable to what humming birds are familiar to eating.

So when you begin your quest to discover the ideal birdhouse for a backyard, remember that not every species of bird will be attracted to the same birdhouse. However, as there are a variety of finch species across America, if you decide to purchase a finch bird feeder for your

garden, you will almost certainly be excited with the neighboring birds attracted.

Even though the finch bird stations seem built in a similar way, there are in fact hundreds of different feeder's to select. While they are built around a central hollow tube to hold the seeds, nuts and other foods birds feed on, each of the birdhouses will have an individual appearance on the outside.

Some finch birdhouses are sheltered within small cages to protect food sources from other small garden wildlife, such as mice and squirrels. Alternatively, there are a mass of bird feeders created with a particular architectural design and may be found in many shapes form Victorian to classical to modern - ideal for the garden enthusiast that wants their finch bird feeder to resemble the style and look of their main residence.

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