Bird lovers I have questions

[Botany]

3. Do you really want to help the birds?

The most important feeding of our native song birds is in the spring and summer with
insects from native plants that they take back to their nests for their young. And then
having native plants that produce seeds and fruits that the birds eat in the fall and winter.

One problem with "feeding the birds" in the winter is that you are also feeding all the non
native birds too. House sparrows, starlings, pigeons, Mexican finches and so on. I stopped
feeding birds around my house because I was getting too many "trash birds."

If you do want to feed in the winter put the feed in a squirrel proof feeder and put out
suet cakes inside wire feeders .... make sure the suet cakes have hot pepper mix in 'em too.



A real bird feeder.