Millions feed our feathery friends
There seems
to be hundreds of people that feel the need to help our feather friends by
putting feeders in the trees and bushes.
This is to feed both wild birds and domestic birds. You might ask the question why? Well they do
it to bring beauty and song into their lives for relaxation and education. There are many different feeds that you can purchase. You can also make many different feeds from
all types of material. Here are some of
the feeders you can buy: suet, fruit, liquid, platform, free standing, tube,
platform and ground.
Cardinals eat a variety of wild and "feeder" seeds,
including sunflower, safflower and most other seeds in basic wild bird seed
mixes. In warm seasons they also eat insects and worms and feed their babies mainly an insectivore diet.
The adult cardinal food consists of insects,
spiders, wild fruits, berries, and weed seeds. In
winter, they eat more seeds and berries since insects are few. Cardinals prefer
to perch while eating at bird feeders, so the ideal bird feeder would be is a
hopper type.
Cardinals also enjoy ground feeding.
The best wild bird food for cardinals include black oil sunflower,
buckwheat, black and gray stripe sunflower, and safflower seeds.
Cardinals usually are the first birds to feed in the morning and the last to
feed at night.
There are many
species of birds throughout the states and so many regions within each state,
that you will have a good opportunity to add bird feeders to your patio or
garden any time of the year
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