Cardinals are pickier eaters than most backyard birds get credit for — they’re passing over your feeder because it’s built for finches and chickadees, not for a bird with a beak like a nutcracker and a deep distrust of open space. You’ve done everything the internet told you to do. Bought the feeder, filled it … Read more
A bird’s decision to migrate runs on shrinking daylight and the hormonal chain reaction it sets off inside the brain, not on whether your feeder still has seed in it. Cornell Lab of Ornithology researchers have said outright that keeping feeders stocked through late summer has no measurable effect on when a bird actually leaves. … Read more
Right now, put out rendered suet, shelled peanuts, and unfrozen water for backyard birds — those three things matter more than any bag of mixed seed once the weather turns cold. A heated bird bath will pull in more birds than a full feeder ever will. That’s not where most people start. Most people reach … Read more