this is prob a strange question. for some time i've been feeding the wild birds in my garden on seeds. i mostly have sparrows and house martins. i would love to try bring in some gold finichs and yellow hammers. is there any specific type of seed that would help bring them into me garden?
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Gold finches (and other finches) love niger seed. They also like thistles, but they are not good garden plants. Yellowhammers might be a bit too shy for gardens.
Maintaining a good bird bath, is the best thing for attracting birds.
just add a litle Vodka
Encourage weeds to grow like thistles and groundsel - the gold finches love them.
get the inside of the sunflower seeds, they like that, also try putting it up higher because they don't like to feed on the ground. if you throw all those seeds in your garden make sure you don't throw tons, because if there are extras little weeds will start to take over your garden.
Finch food for caged birds would be perfectly fine to use, howeveri would recommend nyger seed, its really small, fine black seed and you should be able to find it from any good pet store. Try also pinhead oatmeal, this will bring the robins in and other small shy birds.
Mealworms (although not a seed) is also very good, it comes in dried form (stinks) but the birds love it, or try the suet treats containing fruit, nuts or millworm. There's loads of options around, not just seed that will help bring in the birdies. If you have the space for it try getting a bird table or bird bath!
Finches like black Niger seed . But be prepared, because this is actually thistle seed, and you will have lots of thorny thistles coming up in your yard after using it.
Hummingbirds can be attracted, if they are local, by getting a hummingbird feeder and hummingbird nectar to put into it. The nectar is actually just sugar water. But, again, beware of the Down side, since bees may also be attracted.
mix seeds with lard,crumble digestives and suet bacon rind..
Get all the different bird foods you can and see what they attract. My landlady has bird feeders all over the place, and there are all sorts of different birds, i don't know what they all are, but they come in a variety of colours and some are really tiny.
we used to put seeds in our backyard and all kinds of wild birds came
cardinals, they were beautiful!...I love birds
we saw some blue birds all kinds of birds
we didnt buy any special kind we just put a big pile on the ground
but im sure it would attract more birds if you use a high quality pack of seeds
just put alot of seeds and plenty of birds should come
hopefully cardinals because they are soo cool
Black Rudd.
This happens to be one of my favorite pass times. Watching the birds that visit my garden. It is with total joy that I welcome new species. I am not familiar with your birds but I make provision for all sorts. For the raptors you can buy scraps of finely ground meat (keep out of reach of feral cats), seed and fruit for the species that enjoy those particular foods and if you are really dedicated you can feed the nectar loving birds as well (read up on this as pure sugar water is not good for them so you might have to make a cocktail of sorts). I plant special indigenous trees shrubs and grasses to attract birds. I find that going the indigenous route with my garden is the most successful way of attracting and keeping them - this obviates the necessity to feed. I must admit I spoil them just to get better visuals of the territorial battles and the symphony of sounds.
Good birding to you.
Niger seed and sunflower hearts do it for me, and lots of the more common birds like peanut nibs. I put mine in an old cat food bowl on the bird table, and don`t forget to keep the birdbath topped up!
I adore watching the different types of birds in my garden. I have loads of regular gold finch, green finch and yellow hammers as well as 3 woodpeckers, thrush, blackbirds etc, and the only feeders these particular birds use are the peanut ones. I don't know if this is usual but it is certainly the case for me. The blue **** and sparrows etc seem to go for the mixed wild bird seed. Give it a try and enjoy. xx
All the suggestion that have been put to you are good , but for one big question? where is you garden in middle of a town or in a rural setting? all these factors come into the criteria of which birds will visit your garden. By what you say it seems that it is a town garden hence the sparrows, the house-martins will not feed on seed as they are insect eaters and catch their food on the wing flies etc. Yellow Hammers very rarely visit gardens as they are birds of the hedgerows and only in desperation will visit ie very bad winters if you can plant some Teazel in you garden you may get Goldfinches comeing in. good luck in your venture
im not sure about yellow hammers but certainly for gold finches, fat balls, and also u can buy a fantastic all bird formula called "BOGENA" all birds love it, it is a dry formula with added fruits and insect in it. most smaller animal stockists will sell it
good luck
Hi There,
Its great that your feeding the wild birds at all, these poor little fellows are being squeezed out with urban developments and completely forgotten about.
To attract finches you need a nut feeder, this is tubular wire mesh feeder and the most common feed you will get is peanut, you can expect to see Great, Blue, Coal Taite (sorry about spelling hoping censor will overlook it)Greenfinch, Woodpecker and house sparrow. The gold finch eats only from a seed feeder and I'd recommend buying mixed wild bird seed mix - this mix would include: sunflower, oat, corn and a wide variety of other seeds which are ideal for gold finches. I've three large peanut feeders, which require filling 3time a week and two seed feeders which require filling every day, my bird population I estimate to be about 50 and include robin, blackbird, chaffinch (feeds from the ground) all the Taite family and the gold and green finch. If you have gold finches in the vicinity they will come, but it could take a little time.
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