I lately began feeding birds in my yard after a hiatus of a number of years. My yard appeared to be floor zero for feral cats for some time, so after some trapping and removing this spring felt it was protected for the birds to begin to lure them again.
I discovered one old feeder in my shed, however actually, I’d prefer to have a few them unfold across the yard. The on-line choices have been, let’s say- actually spectacular!
First off, there have been these, which not solely entice frequent jap yard birds like Cardinals and Blue Jays, however may even entice Eurasian Blue Tit from throughout the Atlantic Ocean!
Or how about this one that includes a Western Bluebird simply hanging out with a European Great tit?
Even extra thrilling is that this one with the lighthouse motif, able to luring macaws to dine together with your Cardinals and Titmice.
Those Macaws actually get round! In reality, right here’s one stopping by to go to with an Eastern Bluebird, a Canary and a few sort of swallow. Even in Florida, the place a combo like this could be an daily prevalence, a swallow chicken feeder could be fairly spectacular.
Now right here’s a extremely spectacular combo- a feeder price its weight in sunflower seeds, with a South American Fork-tailed Flycatcher on one finish and one of many Asian Dwarf Kingfishers on the opposite. In between, the poor hummingbird is making an attempt to determine find out how to eat a seed!
Of course, if you’d like kingfishers, I suppose your going to want a provide of feeder fish! Here’s a Eurasian (Common) Kingfisher having fun with some filets. The bluebird coming in could also be a bit confused.
For these yard birders who prefer to stay a bit extra adventurously, there are these feeders for Bee Eaters-
Here’s another- simply hanging out with a Blue Jay
And talking of Blue Jays- I by no means realized how extensively they vary in dimension, from the Greater Blue Jay, a number of occasions bigger than a Cardinal
To the Lesser Blue Jay, about the identical dimension as a Saffron Finch
Maybe they simply shrink when moist?
Of course, in the event you purchase a sufficiently big feeder, the birds simply LOOK small. I ponder how many individuals it took to hold this suet cake?
I additionally discovered feeders which have particular defenses in opposition to undesirable visitors- This one repels squirrels and flying chipmunks.
Or you would possibly elect to simply embrace the flying varmints, so long as there’s nonetheless room in your Macaws and Eurasian Jays.
So, one factor I’ve realized from my on-line buying experience- there’s no have to journey the world in search of exotics. Just purchase the suitable chicken feeder and so they’ll all present up proper in your yard.
Note:- I didn’t physician up any of those photos! They are actually all from chicken feeder websites!!
