Feeding garden birds is an enjoyable pastime for many, but one drawback can be that spilled bird seed begins to grow and create a blanket of weeds below your feeder. To combat this, many companies now ...
A new seed treatment designed to keep birds away from freshly planted fields has received regulatory approval. Arkion life Science LLC. recently gained approval for its Avipel bird repellent from ...
Add shrubs and trees to your landscaping, specifically near your bird feeders, to allow small birds to hide quickly. As a bonus, choose fruit or seed-bearing varieties they can feed on.
Some birds show quite astonishing powers of recall. The Clarke’s nutcracker, a type of North American crow, may have the animal world's keenest memory. It collects up to 30,000 pine seeds over ...
However, this is a rare feature on commercially produced boxes. Drainage holes will prevent a nest becoming waterlogged if water does manage to get in. Feed the birds without spilled seed germinating ...
Bring nature to your doorstep by keeping wild birds fed with a homemade bird feeder. Follow our steps to build a seed feeder from a reused plastic bottle ... Use the pin to make two level holes on ...
When someone asks me why ... wild birds are usefully edible. Some of them in turn eat noxious insects and rodents. Many others perform vital roles—pollinating plants, spreading seeds, serving ...
Some plants use water to disperse seeds that float. These seeds can be carried downstream to new germination spots. Some seeds grow, safely protected in fruit. When animals or birds eat the fruit ...