If you enjoy eating birds in your garden then a bird table is probably the most important thing you have. A bird table again and again encourages the birds to feast on the foods that you put on the table and the bits that fall on the floor.
A bird table will be popular in the winter months when natural food such as insects and berries can be scarce. However, they are useful for feeding open all year and offers a variety of food and it will be tooEnjoyment of attracting birds.
There are some things to know when the election should think of a bird feeder for your garden.
Make sure it is big enough - if it is too small, you will fight most likely be seen as the power supply. Larger birds dominate the table, consider one with a roof that make it more difficult for them, in the diet and are making smaller birds to feed an opportunity.
Check to see if it has a lip to prevent food from falling too much and drain hole so the food does not sitThe water when it rains. Soggy food goes much faster and makes cleaning the table more difficult. Also here is one with a roof to keep both the food dry and the birds.
Traditional bird tables are usually made of wood, often with a rustic touch to them. You can have a thatched roof, which can "borrow" the birds to build their nests in the spring.
However, it is now possible tables of birds from other materials such as glass, metal, plastic and even. These are easier to clean aWooden bird feeder and can look better in a modern garden or urban.
Avoid those that have a nesting box in the roof as nesting birds, often in conflict with the feeding of birds and is also not recommended, one that has a birdbath on how the food is very muddy to exit the jet.
Be the smoother and straighter the pole, the harder it is for cats, squirrels and other predators to climb. If your bird has protrusions message board on it to lubricateVaseline or other fats, so that you can not grasp. You can block internal predators going to get the food.
Once you find a suitable table, you must decide where he chose to put in your garden. You do not want to move the table of birds, as birds get used to that so you can plan some time ago, when they need to take leave.
He has to go somewhere quiet where the birds are not disturbed by many human trafficking. ThoughThey must also be able to see them from home, as part of the fun of eating birds is that they look.
Make sure that the birds a good view from the table, where to avoid predators and for all that is near dense shrubs or trees, where predators can attack. Put a few yards from a fence or wall so birds have somewhere to flee if they feel threatened.
Include your bird in full sun or the house where he could have blown up fromcold wind, as is made out of bird food.
You can put almost any food on a table bird and kitchen waste, such as bread crumbs, walnuts, soaked dried fruit, grated cheese, salty bacon, cereals, potatoes or rice. You can also special formulated bird seed mixes or you can make a cake melted fat mixed with nuts and seeds, suet.
Some tables also include hanging feeder filled with peanuts and seeds and will attract an even wider variety ofBirds.
Put a little 'food under the table bird on the ground to enjoy the birds also make sure to remove all the pieces to discourage rats and squirrels every day.
Brush old food and debris from a table bird with a spatula or knife old and cleaned regularly with a mild disinfectant to prevent the accumulation of bacteria and parasites, harmful to birds. You can also special cleaners made for a sure formula.
Clean the construction of faeces,may have accumulated underneath. For this reason it may be easier to stand your bird table in a paved area or decking or stand on something that you can clean easily.
You could tighten the screws and remove any loose splinters injure the birds, the maintenance work in the fall. The bird table will not last forever, so you will probably need replacing every few years.
A well stocked bird table will bring you and enjoy the birds in your garden and is one of the first thingsYou should think about when planning a bird-friendly garden.
