Birds and Squirrels

  Most, if not all of us have gotten in the habit of recycling. Especially if you’re into nature and birding they just naturally go together, well how about the bird houses and bird feeders in your own backyard? Did you know that there are many out there made of recycled wood or plastic? Two billion pounds of plastics such as milk jugs, water and soda bottles are collected each year! Products made out of these recycled materials help to prevent deforestation and keeps the waste out of the landfills.

  Also products made out of recycled plastics do not splinter, chip, rot, or discolor as easily. They are also easy to care for, you can scrub down nest boxes and feeders with a bleach solution, which also helps to prevent the spread of disease among the birds and other wildlife that uses them. So lets keep the world happy and healthy and Go Green!!

Butterflies are important insects that can help to make a garden more beautiful while maintaining their own aesthetic beauty. Butterflies are some of the key pollinators for flowers. Butterflies subsist on a diet of nectar and pollen, while also eating other substances like rotting fruit and tree sap when the above is not available. Perhaps the most amazing part about butterflies is their transformation from flightless larvae to beautiful butterfly. Butterflies start out as small larvae that eat plants, and after remaining in their cocoon for several weeks, emerge as full grown butterflies that soon gain the ability to fly. There’s nothing more beautiful than having a garden populated by butterflies, and all that’s needed to attract butterflies is lots of flowers. There are several different varieties of butterfly, and each variation has their own unique coloring which can serve to ward off or startle predators.

Butterflies will come to a garden that has flowers, but if you want them to remain for longer, consider having a butterfly feeder filled with nectar, and a butterfly house or two scattered around the garden. With these in place, the butterflies will be more liable to frequent the garden throughout the season.

Long before birds depended in part on humans to provide their food, the various bird species were successful in the wild. Most wild birds ate a combination of seeds, fruit, and berries. However, finding food was much different back then than it is now for birds, as seeds would be sparse and never all located in one convenient location. Fruit, however, could be found on bushes and trees, and was quite plentiful. Most bird species will eat fruit, which is excellent for birds because the fruit itself is nutritious and most fruits also contain seeds which can in turn be stashed for later or consumed on the spot. Fruit bird feeders provide a more natural environment in which birds to find their food. There are several different varieties of fruit bird feeders, including those designed for larger citrus fruits, and those designed for smaller fruits including berries.

In addition, most suet cakes contain fruit in addition to other substances like peanut butter. Suet fruit bird feeders are also great for attracting birds and ensuring that their instinctive gathering skills aren’t forgotten should food from the bird feeder become unavailable at some point.