subject: Attracting Wild Birds [print this page] Wild birds always look for three things; food, water and security. Wild birds will come to feed in your yard if you offer the right type of feeder and food. Wild birds will be in search of natural or artificial places to fly for safety. Safe places are often bushes, trees or a fence nearby for a quick flight from feeding or bathing. Birds have to contend with both ground and flying predators-hawks, owls and housecats to name a few so ensure your yard has many safe places for them.
An offering of water will keep birds close within range. Water may not be available naturally-that's when a bird bath would be of benefit to enticing wild birds into your oasis.Place a bird bath in the open so birds can see around the bath, again for protection from predators who maybe hiding in nearby cover.
There is such a verity of wild birds. Some prefer sweet nectar feeders, more species like ground feeders, a few like suet feeders, and there are birds that would like to feed from hanging platforms. Observe the birds that fly through your property and then start with the type of feeder they could easily use and the food that would appeal to their species. They may come in slow at first, but keep trying and soon you will be rewarded with a wild bird osais.
Good luck, relax, and enjoy nature's fresh air, warm sun and her flying paint brushes-the wild birds.
