| d houses sold on the market are not suitable to | | | | knowledge on what kind of foods the bird you |
| birds. These bird houses will not attract any birds | | | | want to attract eats and the plants that attract it. |
| and re detrimental to the bird’s health. | | | | Accumulation of some knowledge about the |
| Please make sure you read the following tips and | | | | species of birds that frequent area would also |
| use them when you buy that bird house: | | | | help immensely. Placing the attractive plants in the |
| 1. Dimensions: Different birds need different sizes | | | | garden along with the bird feeder will increase |
| of bird houses. Depending on the birds you want | | | | your chances of attracting the bird. Be ready to |
| to keep check the area inside, the size of the | | | | accept that the birds frequenting may not eat |
| entrance hole and the ground clearance of the | | | | from your feeder but may feed on the insects |
| hole. These are very important to attract suitable | | | | and fruits of the plants you have placed for some |
| birds. | | | | time. |
| 2. Ventilation and Sanitation: Make sure the bird | | | | The most important factor of using a bird feeder |
| house is well ventilated so that it does not heat | | | | is that the feeder should be placed in the same |
| up too much in summers. Also heck the sanitation | | | | position for a long period of time and it should be |
| and drainage holes to make sure that the baby | | | | regularly filled with food like clock work. Birds are |
| birds do not drown. | | | | creatures of habit and when they find food in |
| 3. Access: The insides of the bird house should be | | | | your bird feeder, they will return regularly to it. If |
| easily accessible so that you can inspect and | | | | they do not find food there, they will move on to |
| monitor the nests. One side of the bird house | | | | greener pastures. |
| should be hinged and easy to open. | | | | Bird Feeders are of various kinds. The most |
| 4. Construction: The bid house should be properly | | | | common is the Hopper feeder. This feeder |
| constructed with non-toxic material. It should also | | | | is built with a platform along with walls and a roof |
| be properly insulated with unpainted wooden | | | | so that the food is protected form rain and wind. |
| board to keep out the cold and heat. If painted, | | | | Always make sure the bird seed never gets wet, |
| the paint should be non-toxic. | | | | since it would drive the birds away. |
| 5. Other Precautions: The entrance hole should be | | | | The tube feeder is a transparent tube of |
| shaded by a roof extension to keep out the rain. | | | | plastic or glass designed to feed many birds at |
| No perches should be kept outside the entrance | | | | the same time. The platform feeder is a |
| hole as it will encourage predators. | | | | tray on which the bird seed can be placed. These |
| Bird Feeder tips | | | | feeders are incapable of protection from |
| Before embarking upon a mission to buy a bird | | | | predators, squirrels and the natural elements. |
| feeder, it is important that you assimilate | | | | Some squirrel proof feeders are also available. |