Feeding the birds

Feeding the birds

Water is essential, in summer as well as in winter

Have you ever watched birds take a good bath? Even in winter, they love to shake out their feathers before preening them. The regulars at your feeders will come and drink there at any hour of the day.

Every day, the bath will have to be filled with fresh water. It is a small morning chore, quickly repaid by the many birds you will see enjoying it. Once winter comes, add a heating element to the water.

Grit for digestion

Most birds will come and pick up a little of it every day. It makes their digestion easier and, above all, it gives the birds one more good reason to stay around your home.

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To those who love having birds around their home

Suet for your birds, why not! Birds are very fond of beef suet. Prepare your own recipe or offer store-bought suet. Take care to place the suet in a suet holder that will not easily allow the starlings to take it all for themselves in a single day. Chickadees love peanut butter, so do not forget to add some if you are preparing your own recipe. See our model No. 790C

The following species will soon show up: the black-capped chickadee, the white-breasted nuthatch, the red-breasted nuthatch, the downy woodpecker, the hairy woodpecker.

Thistle and sunflower

In general, thistle is a food that goldfinches love, all year long. But there is also sunflower, which should not be overlooked. It attracts house finches, winter and summer alike, evening grosbeaks if we are lucky, the cardinal and a good many other species.

Here are the different kinds of seed to offer the birds: