Attracting the Feathery Friends to Your Garden – Part 1

To find out which birds are in the geographic area of your garden at the moment, you will have to consult specialty magazines and documentations. Libraries and book stores have books based on migration, on the roads that some bird species take to get to their summer or winter residence.

Also, taking pictures of birds you see around you and then reading informative materials that you already have, or searching for information related to them can be an option to find out if these birds are going to make a stop in the area that you live in.

There are also birds you’ll be having all year round. This is the case over here in Australia. Cockatoos, different kind of parrots and lots of diverse birds have got their territory where they live in and they protect their space by all means.

In our own backyard we have got Australian Magpies, Magpie larks, Willie Wagtails, Galahs, Rainbow Lorikeets to name only a few around our place.

In time you will get some of the little beauties to know and even give them a name.

What birds need is water. This is highly important. A bath or a pool, no matter the size or the material, would instantly attract many bird families. Make sure it is not to deep!

If you could also arrange a place where they could find some food, bird seeds, bread or anything else they might like, that would increase the chances they might appear in your garden. You can try, for instance with corn. Seeds of any type also hold an answer to the question related to attracting birds towards your garden.

The seeds that almost all birds prefer are sun-flower seeds. They are extremely easy to get, and cheap to buy also. Before buying the seeds, you should make a list of all the birds that you have spotted in the area and research every bird’s food preferences to assure you can provide food for many types of birds present.

These are the first steps that you can take to attract birds in your garden.

The second step is keeping away all the things that might scare or disturb birds in or around your garden. Animals from the next garden and neighbour’s dogs can scare the birds. Maybe ask the neighbours to keep the dogs not unattained or in the house, because persistent dog barking may not allow the birds to settle in your garden.

Also, you must know that some birds do not agree with each other, so that a certain species might avoid your garden because there is another species in it.

Some can also stay away because of the fact you have children and the noise is too loud, and others can stay away because the place doesn’t look natural enough.

So, knowing their nature and customs can be a decisive factor in bringing particular birds to your backyard.