Encouraging Birds in your Garden in Late Summer

It is now late summer when the nights are drawing in and the much needed rain revives the dead looking grass in your back garden into a lush green

. The flowers and shrubs give a dash of red and a splash of orange, a pinch of blue with dabs of yellow and young birds flitting all around. Doesn't that sound straight out of an artist's canvas? This is the magic of that late summer time when all the young birds add an additional splash of colour to the garden. They paint the sky with their feathers, fluttering between trees and shrubs calling to each other.

Garden bird feeding is more than a seasonal activity; it's an all year round activity where you should provide the birds with food, water and shelter in order to enjoy watching them. It is important that you provide the right food for them and are careful about keeping the feeders clean and the food dry. Niger seed is ideal for Goldfinches which are specialist feeders on the seeds of thistles. Niger seed does however require a specific feeder with small holes in to prevent the tiny seed from escaping in a rush as it would do in an ordinary feeder. Young birds can find it difficult to consume some food types such as peanuts and bread on your bird table at this time of the year. Peanuts should not be provided loose, but in a wired feeder. Bird Suet or suet pellets are a useful bonus to feeding garden birds as autumn progresses.

Suet bird food is available in a wide variety of flavours from fruit and berry to peanuts as well as coconuts full of suet which will attract many tits into the garden. Suet is often purchased in square blocks. Niger seeds are also an ideal food for Goldfinches in the late summer season and may be found naturally where wild thistles grow. You need to ensure that buy these suet bird foods and niger seeds from a trustworthy source. There are many internet websites which allow you to purchase these online.

One of the ideal ways to feed these birds with suet bird food and niger seeds in the garden is to place the food in the feeders hanging from some trees in your garden. But not all birds are able to use hanging feeders, so consider a bird table to encourage 'ground feeding' birds such as blackbirds, robins, thrushes, wrens, dunnocks and chaffinches. This allows them to eat in their natural way at the same time keeps them from harm's way.

Along with providing bird feeders you can also grow plants that produce fruit in the garden such as blackberries, blackcurrants and hawthorn. These can serve as an attraction for the birds especially in the autumn and winter. Some bird species have been in a decline and therefore feeding them all year round does encourage them and helps them sustain their numbers.

Try creating some natural habitat in your garden for the birds before feeding them with suet bird food and niger seeds. Keep some wild areas in your garden for the birds to feel at home. Birds locate food by sight and it is important that you keep the food in open places easily visible to them. You also need to make sure that the birds in your garden have a supply of clean and fresh water. All birds need water for bathing and keeping their feathers clean and in good condition.

Encouraging Birds in your Garden in Late Summer

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