Jeanie A
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Your Garden - 2006/05/08 18:34
The easiest place to see birds must be your garden, if you have one. We are trying to make ours as bird friendly as possible. Pond, log pile and rough area. However we have two cats so there are limitations to what we can do.
The feeders are on poles. The birdtable was the tallest one we could buy.
Our local garden center gave me a list of bird friendly plants. This year we have planted Japanese Quince. We already have pyracanthas and cotoneaster.
I hung a feeder of Niger seed to encourage Goldfinch. We had not seen any for several years. After a week of no sightings, I moved the feeder close to some bushes since a bird mag. stated that Dunnocks will also take this seed if close to a hedge.
That evening, looking out of the patio window I saw two goldfinch land on the tree from which I had moved the feeder. They flew away and I replaced the feeder.
Needless to say there has been no sight of them since.
What do you do to encourage birds into your gardens?
I have learnt my birdwatching in India where we have been visiting in the winter time for the last 10 years. For the last 3 years we have done some quite intensive birding but are still quite hopeless on many species.
We enjoy this hobby very much but could not be described as 'Keen' or experienced.
'interested' and moderate is probably the best description of our skills. |
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