How To Look After Birds In Your Garden. 2 days ago I dont sleep with Audubons field guide tucked under my pillow or race through neighbors yards with birding glasses pressed to my eyeballs rapturously hollering Ruby-crowned kinglet. A supply of water is also essential for bathing and preening.
Add any bird boxes to your garden before the height of winter. Keeping the bird in the dark helps reduce stress and a source of heat can help with shock. RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch.
Food placed on wire mesh held just off the ground will entice ground-feeding birds such as robins and dunnocks Place fat blocks in wire cages.
73 feed birds because they enjoy seeing the birds in their garden There are other ways you can care for your wild birds that allow closer observation that help them too. Plastic nets around fat balls must be removed as birds such as woodpeckers can get caught up in the mesh. Look for good quality bird food those that dont include fillers such as dried peas and beans that birds rarely eat. RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch.