Ever wondered how to attract birds like the house wren, house sparrow, mourning dove, or dozens of other birds to the garden? In this video, we go over exactly that! You’ll learn:
– General landscaping tips for birds
– How to identify what birds are local to your region
– The type of bird box or bird house each bird prefers, and where to locate it
– The type of food a bird wants to eat
You might be wondering, why would I want MORE birds? They just eat my berries and poke holes in my tomatoes. YES, this is true…but they’re also pollinators, bug destroyers, and improvers of the local ecosystem.
As long as you approach attracting more birds to the garden in an intelligent way that matches the conditions your birds actually WANT, then you’ll get a lot of the benefits without many of the downsides!
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→ Birdhouse Tool: https://nestwatch.org/learn/all-about-birdhouses/right-bird-right-house/
→ Bird Food Tool: http://content.yardmap.org/learn/which-birds-which-plants/
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0:00 – Intro
2:50 – Bird Baths
5:05 – Bird Feeders
7:48 – Bird Houses
This video is my jumping start for attracting birds. Thank you for laying out the information for us urban gardeners!
we put a koi pond in the yard and began attracting a variety of birds
Nest watch is from cornell lab of ornithology. I work at cornell and go there a lot. Awesome place to visit
Awesome video ..thank you so much
Looks like a fledgling! I have three in my garden right now that recently left a nest on my house. I'm glad I have a fence so they are protected while they learn how to fly. So cute to watch❤
This is exactly what I needed!!! Thank you so much!!
I have been wanting to get supplies (feeders, bathes, nests) for my birds and squirrels! There is absolutely no way that I could trap, kill, or deter them; my yard is a natural haven in the south with a massive pecan tree looming over the yard. They will come back because of that tree alone! I figure two things will work: fattening them up on delicious seeds and fruits AND/OR attracting more raptors, which also spend much of their time around my property. I believe this doesn’t make sense for some so I’m skeptical still on spending the $ as our fruit hasnt been touched… yet.
My heated bath is shallow enough to freeze solid at 20 degrees above zero. I'm in Maine. No trouble attracting them.
For anyone looking to a buy bird feeder currently, I stumbled across some pretty unique bird feeders on chirpnest.co. I am pretty sure they are squirrel proof too. Here's the link if anyone is interested: https://chirpnest.co/collections/bird-feeders
This website sucks
Hi to that little bird!
Cute. https://youtu.be/3JPzEArmt10
Good job!!
I have not gotten any of my lettuce yet , the dam birds eat them down , except the red lettuce .
Good to have texture in the bowl itself.
New sub here! Great content!
Thanks for the video. Can we use the house for them as for weather being cold and at nights.
What is that small guy
Your my life i caught a amelrican bald eagle
Finally ! – Thank you
Man if only i had a garden
Hey bud i am an avid birder my entire life and an avid gardener the type of birds that you want to attract into your garden are sparrows they comb the ground for small insect such beetles Grubbs caterpillar’s that are crawling on the ground also do you wanna attract mockingbirds robins and Blue Jays during the spring time when they raise their young they are voracious insect feeders and will target hornworms and tomato worms in your garden
Great tips and websites to visit!! Way cool! Thank you!
Sparrows be like – He probably has a camera in that too and will upload our private moments to internet and zuckerberg. Not to forget the tweety twat. Serious privacy issues with this property. Let's stay clear of that and find an abandoned house.
Only animals I attract are squirrels, raccoons and stray cats…. smh
We've had a pair of Carolina Wrens nest in our garden the past two years. Once in a hanging basket about 5 ft high, and in a 5 gal bucket with a bushy determinate tomato. Beautiful songs for tiny birds.