With so much snow everywhere, this is a timely tip to make sure the birds have a source of food. Place a few old cookie sheets or other shallow pans around the area where you feed the birds. Scatter feed on the pans during snowy weather. If the snow covers the feed, just empty them on the ground and refill them.
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I lived in a very nature-oriented area for a period of time, borderline rural. I used to LOVE to feed the critters-I had frogs and mantises who kept my garden pest free, ladybugs who ate the gnats, hummingbirds who returned every year to the feeder, and plenty of cute little birds, some of which had their babies nearby. I own 2 cats, so what I would do over the winter every time it snowed was put some dry cat food in a blender and ground it to a coarse powder, then sprinkle it on the snow.
Great idea, Harlean! I have several old multi-tiered concrete fountains which don't work, so, in the winter
I can put water in one tier, bird seed/cat food(which they ADORE) on another tier and feed several families of birds at once. I find fountain PARTS now
and then, usually without bases, so I just set them on the ground throughout the yard/garden for the squirrels AND birds, who are clever enough to avoid
Here in the desert, we have very windy days, most of the year. In recent years, I used terra cotta flat dishes for birdseed & for water dishes for wild birds, mainly where I don't have to chase them down thru out the neighborhood, after a wind comes up. These dishes are heavy enough to withstand the wind. The birdseed blows out some, but the birds or other critters will find it & benefit from it.
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