Bird Feeding: the Cure for Cabin Fever

We have all been stuck inside for what seems like forever and now we've added winter to the mix! Need a prescription for that cabin fever that won’t seem to go away?

Well, say “hello” to your winter birds, it's a great time to get outside and see what winter birds you can attract to your bird feeding stations.

Start by adding different foods to your bird feeders. Birds need high quality fats and proteins to survive the long winter nights. By adding suets, mealworms, and BarkButter products, as well as tree nuts and peanuts to your bird's selection - You are helping birds survive and be better prepared for nesting season. In addition you may start seeing different birds at your feeders, as winter moves along.. Before we know it, birds, such as finches, may start to bring new color and life to your yard as they begin the process of molting into their vibrant breeding plumage.

Offering new foods can help you attract more birds to your newly-refreshed yard.

Insects

In the winter and spring, a bird’s need for protein and fat increases dramatically. Loaded with protein, mealworms can help you attract common and uncommon insect-eating birds like bluebirds or wrens. Bird, such as bluebirds, will often nest in an area that offers sufficient nesting and food sources for their offspring to survive.

Suet and Fats

Suet is a high-energy, high-fat substance that is helpful in spring (especially when loaded with nuts), when birds are looking for supplemental sources of nutrition.

Berries and Fruit

Fresh and dried fruits are popular with birds, such as robins, waxwings, bluebirds, mockingbirds and returning orioles, and help provide proper color pigments for new feathers and other nutritional needs. Many of our WBU Suets, Seed Cylinders, Seed Stackables and Jim’s Birdacious® BugBerry™ Blend Treats feature fruit.

Peanuts

Loaded with protein and fat, peanuts provide birds with the necessary energy to defend territories and raise healthy families.

Stop by the store this month. We have all the new foods you need to bring more birds to your yard and help you get over any lingering effects of winter.