Helping birds in Spring
Helping birds in Spring
In early spring wild birds begin to build their nests and you can see robins, sparrows and other birds flying back and forth with twigs. Birds will begin to arrive back from their winter migrations and later on you'll see birds busy going back and forth to feed their young.
Nest Materials
Leave small bunches of tiny twigs, dried moss etc near your feeders
Foods To Avoid
Avoid feeding fat and bread at this time as these can be harmful to nestlings and only feed peanuts if using a quality mesh feeder that will stop sizeable pieces of peanuts being taken
Good Foods
Feeding bug based foods such as those containing mealworms is particularly good at this time, especially in especially dry spells as earthworms won't be available
Feeders
Clean feeders weekly and rotate feeding locations to prevent the spread of diseases
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