How to Get Birds Coming to Your Garden

First, birds will be attracted by where your garden is geographically located. You already know this, I’m sure. So even though I love seeing cardinals in a garden, I’ll never see them in my yard since they do not live anywhere near my state.

To find out which birds are in the geographic area of your garden at the moment, you will have to consult specialty magazines or online. Maybe even the weather guy can provide some information regarding this aspect although this is not always true.

Libraries and book stores have books based on migration, on the roads that some bird species take to get to their summer or winter residence. Also, taking pictures of birds you see around you and then reading informative materials that you already have, or searching for information related to them can be an option to find out if these bird are going to make a stop in the area that you live in.

To attract the birds in your area, there are things you can place in your garden to encourage them to visit. Birds need water. This is highly important. A bath or a pool, no matter the size or the material, would instantly attract many bird families, even wild ducks and gooses to the vicinity.

If you could also arrange a place where they could find some food, bird seeds, bread or anything else they might like, that would increase the chances they might appear somewhere in your garden. You can try, for instance with corn. Seeds of any type also hold an answer to the question related to attracting birds towards your garden.

The seeds that almost all birds prefer are sun-flower seeds, extremely easy to find, and cheap to buy also. Before buying the seeds, you should make a list of all the birds that you have spotted in the area and research every bird’s food preferences to assure you can provide food for many types of birds present.

These are the first steps that you have to make to attract birds in your garden. The second step is keeping away all the things that might scare or disturb birds in or around your garden.

Animals from the next garden and neighbor’s dogs can scare the birds. If you live in an area where there are no fences around yards, perhaps you could put up a natural fence (a hedge), or hang the bird feeder from a tree branch that is too high for dogs to reach. I’ve personally found that birds get used to dogs being around and after awhile are not easily scared by a dog.

Also, you must know that some birds do not agree with each other, so that a certain species might avoid your garden because there is another species in it.

Some can also stay away because of the fact you have children and the noise is too loud, and others can stay away because the place doesn’t look natural enough. The birds come to our bird feeder early in the morning, before the dogs and kids are up. They continue to come throughout the day whenever the backyard is quiet.

Knowing their nature and customs can be a decisive factor in bringing particular birds to your backyard.

Tags: Bird/Hummingbird Garden