Suet feeders are simple cages that attract a wide variety of birds and all weather suets provide a ready source of fat and protein and can be used year round. Suet kibbles and nuggets are an excellent addition to your bird seed mix in your feeders.
Platform feeders are great for ground feeding birds that won't eat from your hanging feeders. Small bowls of natural jelly will attract orioles, tanagers and woodpeckers among others as will sliced fresh fruit nailed to a tree or in a fruit feeder. Finches love Nyjer seed and this small seed requires a special feeder or thistle sock and don't forget the hummingbirds. They are attracted to red and love nectar. A simple, natural hummingbird nectar in a nectar feeder will do the trick and will attract many other birds as well. Again, it is vitally important to keep the nectar fresh as the sugar causes it to spoil quickly.
How Do I Stop the Squirrels From Eating All the Bird Food? Our Diablo Flaming Sauce is one of the only real remedies. The Capsaicin that causes the heat in chili peppers is the main ingredient, squirrels can't take the heat and birds don't have the heat receptors to taste it. Spray it on your seed or use one of our Diablo Blend seeds mixed in with your store bought seed and the squirrels will give up. Of course putting out a ground spread of a squirrels favorite away from your feeders will give the squirrels a readily available food source and keep them fat and happy too.
Finally, different types of cover will provide the birds with places to rest and hide from predators and a few well placed trees and bushes as well as various plants and flowers will help bring in more birds.
Platform feeders are great for ground feeding birds that won't eat from your hanging feeders. Small bowls of natural jelly will attract orioles, tanagers and woodpeckers among others as will sliced fresh fruit nailed to a tree or in a fruit feeder. Finches love Nyjer seed and this small seed requires a special feeder or thistle sock and don't forget the hummingbirds. They are attracted to red and love nectar. A simple, natural hummingbird nectar in a nectar feeder will do the trick and will attract many other birds as well. Again, it is vitally important to keep the nectar fresh as the sugar causes it to spoil quickly.
How Do I Stop the Squirrels From Eating All the Bird Food? Our Diablo Flaming Sauce is one of the only real remedies. The Capsaicin that causes the heat in chili peppers is the main ingredient, squirrels can't take the heat and birds don't have the heat receptors to taste it. Spray it on your seed or use one of our Diablo Blend seeds mixed in with your store bought seed and the squirrels will give up. Of course putting out a ground spread of a squirrels favorite away from your feeders will give the squirrels a readily available food source and keep them fat and happy too.
Finally, different types of cover will provide the birds with places to rest and hide from predators and a few well placed trees and bushes as well as various plants and flowers will help bring in more birds.