Attract More Birds: Bird Houses, Baths, and Feeders Explained
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- Ever wondered how to attract birds like the house wren, house sparrow, mourning dove, or dozens of other birds to the garden? In this video, we go over exactly that! You'll learn:
- General landscaping tips for birds
- How to identify what birds are local to your region
- The type of bird box or bird house each bird prefers, and where to locate it
- The type of food a bird wants to eat
You might be wondering, why would I want MORE birds? They just eat my berries and poke holes in my tomatoes. YES, this is true...but they're also pollinators, bug destroyers, and improvers of the local ecosystem.
As long as you approach attracting more birds to the garden in an intelligent way that matches the conditions your birds actually WANT, then you'll get a lot of the benefits without many of the downsides!
SPONSOR: HAPPY GARDENS
Brandon from Happy Gardens was nice enough to send out the birdhouse and bird bath you see in today's video. If you use the code 'Epic20' you can get 20% off any item on the site, so feel free to check it out if you're looking to get some bird baths, feeders, or houses. Links to individual products are below.
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→ Charlemagne Bird House: happygardens.com/collections/...
→ Copper Bird Bath: happygardens.com/collections/...
→ Birdhouse Tool: nestwatch.org/learn/all-about...
→ Bird Food Tool: content.yardmap.org/learn/whic...
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0:00 - Intro
2:50 - Bird Baths
5:05 - Bird Feeders
7:48 - Bird Houses
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Hey buddy what happened did it ever get baby birds tried to look for an othe video but did not see it
You can bring predator birds that target in six such as worms and Beatles into your garden by feeding suet a mixture of animal fat and seeds mockingbirds love suet and mockingbirds eat their own body weight in insects every three days
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Wow - that bird house is incredible! They'll be fighting over who gets the keys for that place.
Plenty of room for everyone 😉
It does not conform to rule 2
thanks for the tips, just set up my first bird feeders at our RV in the smoky mountains, might have to change feed to attract them, but hopefully they come quickly, I am high functioning autistic so I love watching critters and nature, and have a couple trail cams also
I got a suet feeder this year for the first time and the woodpeckers have gone CRAZY for it, it's been so fun to watch!
That's so cool, I wish there were woodpeckers in my area!
This video is my jumping start for attracting birds. Thank you for laying out the information for us urban gardeners!
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Even more important is planting for pollinators!!!! Do you know the failure rate for honeybees in USA is now over 50%? Some states like here in Maryland, the failure rate of honeybees is 65%...the lack of forage is directly responsible for the massive loss of native bees and honeybees....Another clear indicator is state honey production...in the early 1900s, Iowa had a honey production rate of over 300 pounds per colony and now it's about 40-50 pounds...that's a massive cut in productivity due to lack of available forage!!!! AWESOME VIDEO!!!!!! You must live up in Hillcrest area or near the park? I grew up out there in Clairemont where my parents still live...the environment has changed drastically since when I was a kid back in the early 70s...
Yep I'm near the park! And good point. I'm going to make more videos on planting for pollinators, in fact I just interviewed a bug expert on my podcast and I'm going to use that knowledge in the garden this year
How beautiful, dear little bird. I had a bare canvas to work with. I have put in numerous natives and different sizes bird baths. Lovely to sit at my window and watch the birds come to my yard. I have veges too, haven’t noticed them damaging my food. 😊
Very informative. How about a video about bees and wasps that eat pests? Attracting them and housing for them in the garden.
Great idea, adding it to the list :-)
Bug hotel?
Simple and detailed. I'm doing some research before starting a compact bird habitat in my constricted neighbourhood. Thanks, Kevin.
We actually hang ceramic bird houses from shepherds hooks near our garden and one on our shed with the one inch diameter hole. We get house wrens every year , probably the same families come back year after year. Its fun to watch them build and catch winged predators from our garden. The mother house wren I'm assuming is singing to us all the time. she gets really close to me in the garden and is very happy there. We have a pond with a running waterfall for them so they are spoiled. I love to here her babies when they are hungry and to wait for them to Fletch their nest when its time. They also like the home-made gourd bird houses hung in trees as well. Thanks for all you do Good luck with your Wren family :)
Thank you so much! Love your story about momma wren...hopefully I have one of my own this year :)
Looks like a fledgling! I have three in my garden right now that recently left a nest on my house. I'm glad I have a fence so they are protected while they learn how to fly. So cute to watch❤
luckyducky224, look at bird bath
I was thinking that as well. Poor little guy, I hope he was alright. I never have any survive because my next-door neighbor has free-range cats who kill them all.
This is exactly what I needed!!! Thank you so much!!
Thinkdeep123, look at bird bath
Fantastic and informative!
We've had a pair of Carolina Wrens nest in our garden the past two years. Once in a hanging basket about 5 ft high, and in a 5 gal bucket with a bushy determinate tomato. Beautiful songs for tiny birds.
Dale Weiter, look at bird bath
Great video thank you so much!
That website is amazing! Super helpful
Great tips and websites to visit!! Way cool! Thank you!
good video, very informative. Thanks for doing the research to share with us👌🏾😎👍🏾👍🏾 I'm just starting out enjoying welcoming birds to my yard/garden. So far so good with keeping the squirrels off my feeders.
About the squirrels: there is a bird feeder that will close the opening where the seeds are, when the weight of the squirrel steps on. Ingenius idea! I seen it on UA-cam so should be easy to check out. Love your videos! A San Diego neighbor!👋
Hi to that little bird!
Varsha Kashyap, look at bird bath
thank you! super informative and interesting
Thank you so much for that sources which you showed in this video
I started planting to attract certain birds 6 years ago and for the last 4, I have regular birds who diligently clear away nearly every pet I had.
For 4 years, the birds have meant I haven't bought pesticides.
A brilliant video, always more to learn
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Love your videos! Just found this So informative
Shek, look at bird bath
Nest watch is from cornell lab of ornithology. I work at cornell and go there a lot. Awesome place to visit
Loved it. Thanks for all the information and all the helpful links… Signed Michigan
Glad you enjoyed!
Great video! I love that you have created a little ecosystem in an otherwise desolate urban environment. One suggestion for the bird house is putting a metal portal around the hole. Seeing that you had a squirrel in your yard, it would protect the nesting birds and their eggs/offspring from squirrel predation. Might mess up the aesthetics of the house, but it would make it safer for the birds.
Patrick Morgan, look at bird bath
Finally ! - Thank you
Francisca Montano, look at bird bath
That birdhouse is cool
That bird is so cute 🥰
Elijah Wu, look at bird bath
Good job!!
Awesome!! thanks so much for making this video! Im in san diego too! out in national city/spring valley area. My oldest son and i grow a what could considered to be by MOST a FORREST of sunflowers every year (to the envy of most of our neighbors) and JUST bought a really cool bird house like yours!! I needed to figure out where to place it so that we could get some of our bird visitors to come hang out! lol. This was very helpful! (you look like your in the PB/la jolla area) that street looks familiar haha great vid! ; )
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My heated bath is shallow enough to freeze solid at 20 degrees above zero. I'm in Maine. No trouble attracting them.
Awesome video ..thank you so much
geeta tomar, look at bird bath
yardmap is no longer in business?
You are a cool guy.
Man if only i had a garden
Any follow up videos or updates on how the bird house went？😊
Very informative!!! Thank you for sharing. Any luck with the house wren by now?
Some are starting to come! None have nested yet
Kevin, Thanks for the tips. Question on birdbaths: I have a fountain that attracts a ton of birds. However changing the water weekly is not practical do to its clumsily size. I would like to keep the water cleaner. Is there an additive or treatment that can help? Thank You, M
Hi new friend here and you have nice gardening i love it.
Thank you!
Hello! Huge fan of your channel. Zone 9 here, currently growing Caspian Pink and Darkstar tomatoes. Wish me luck!
I just watched this video (going down the list by oldest submitted) and tried accessing the website for the bird-to-food selector but it seems to no longer be in operation. Know of any other similar sites?
I'm watching this 3 years after posting but I noticed the website for the yard map has been hacked and it's a gaming site now? Any idea on where to find the same information on local birds?
New sub here! Great content!
The Lee’s - Living in His Light, look at bird bath
I’ve had eastern blue birds on the east coast. ( western blue birds on the west coast are more blue ) go into my my house. I would have it facing east. And you would need to have a spaced out area that’s wide and trees around
omg baby NOMOs are so dumb! and very cute. I want to build out our garden for this. The Audubon Center has a plants guide as well that searches by your zipcode and lists a ton of suggestions
Metal bird baths will overheat the water and make the rim too hot to perch on. Ours is stone. It's placed near a tree but out in the open so predators can't jump from the tree into it and birds can easily see a predator coming. Our feeder is placed the same way. If it's hanging from a tree, any squirred or prefator can get at it.
If you want to keep the squirrels out of your bird feeder then feed only safflower seeds. The birds love them but the squirrels don't. I have been told by an old birder that seed is bitter to squirrels. I have tried it and she was right. My squirrels eat out of their feeder and waterer in our front yard and leave the birds feeder and waterer alone in the backyard. 👍
I also find the birds like a fountain and see them by my small one in my backyard quite often. 😊 Thank you for such an informative video.
That's an awesome tip. I need to check on that...I will proably also end up relocating the feeder to a spot where even if a squirrel is in the tree...it won't be able to reach it! And yes, moving water > still water as far as attracting birds!
we put a koi pond in the yard and began attracting a variety of birds
Thank you for this. I need honey bees. How do I get them to come
I'll get episodes on bees up!
This is an awesome video. I have a ledge and this little bird sleeps on the tiniest ledge. I want ro crochet a bird house for him or her. I named it Bubbles.
Cute!
It’s now April 2024, please make an update on the birdhouse. Thanks. ps: the squirrel is adorable. We feed both squirrels & birds in our backyard.
Thanks for the video. Can we use the house for them as for weather being cold and at nights.
Sohaila Rahimi, look at bird bath
Can you use rainwater from your barrels, collected off your roof?
Hey bud i am an avid birder my entire life and an avid gardener the type of birds that you want to attract into your garden are sparrows they comb the ground for small insect such beetles Grubbs caterpillar’s that are crawling on the ground also do you wanna attract mockingbirds robins and Blue Jays during the spring time when they raise their young they are voracious insect feeders and will target hornworms and tomato worms in your garden
Matt Kelly, look at bird bath
looks like the yardmap thing is no longer a website. it directs to a foreign language site now. anyone know if there is a spot where this type of tool still exists?
👍👍👍👍
What website do you go to?
I have been wanting to get supplies (feeders, bathes, nests) for my birds and squirrels! There is absolutely no way that I could trap, kill, or deter them; my yard is a natural haven in the south with a massive pecan tree looming over the yard. They will come back because of that tree alone! I figure two things will work: fattening them up on delicious seeds and fruits AND/OR attracting more raptors, which also spend much of their time around my property. I believe this doesn’t make sense for some so I’m skeptical still on spending the $ as our fruit hasnt been touched... yet.
Chayla Soden, look at bird bath
Great information friend! Lol that squirrel!
That cheeky guy likes to steal!
Epic Gardening - Very helpful video on birds. I’m having lots of trouble with squirrels 🐿 earring my bird 🦅 seeds. Could you please give me some tips?
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We keeping getting sparrows setting up 🏠 in our garden 🪴. Don’t know how to protect them .
Aw the bird map link didn’t work anymore. Searching for an alternative
Did you check to see if that little bird was ok? It looked so young, I hope he didnt stray from its nest.
Yup, it had protection from the elements, predators, and its mother was around. I think the next was actually nestled in my flowering greens in the middle of the bed!
Its a fledgling they leave the nest and need to lear to fly
How do you keep mosquitoes away from your bird bath? I'm afraid the sitting water will attract them. We have a bad mosquito problem where I live. Beneficial plants around it maybe?
Depends on the bird, but most will eat them, and some birds don't mind moving water, so a solar fountain would be suggested since moving water prevents most insect eggs. Also, I would suggest trying to attract dragon Flys. If you have a mosquito problem.
I'd go through all the trouble of putting up nesting boxes and these crazy birds would much rather make a home in my door wreath that I picked up from at the Good Will🤣🤨🤔🤔😂😂. I couldn't use the side door to my garage for weeks. They also made a nest in my grapevine. I felt like Snow White.
Bahaha I know your pain!
I found bird seed gets expensive. So, I decided instead of buying seed to put out, I would let some flowers go to seed, and if the birds would like to eat that, why they certainly may! Sorry birds, momma ain’t made of money 💰
Clever approach!
I do both, feed and let seed! I also harvest some seeds and scatter during winter. I do let all annual and perennials go to seed🐦. The honey bee's and bumblebees definitely appreciate the flowers 🐝
Your my life i caught a amelrican bald eagle
That bird feeder looks like it has a lot of sunflower seeds. While birds love them, it causes fatty liver.
Appreciate the tip!
I have not gotten any of my lettuce yet , the dam birds eat them down , except the red lettuce .
Sunflower seeds are fine for wild birds.
john doe
Mostly
FYI -The 2 sites mentioned are Yardmap.org and NestWatch.org
Editing them into description now
Cool ! TFS
The bird food website links to an online casino.
can we stop birds from picking our new seedlings and seeds?
I found that if I provide food, shelter, and water for them they are much less likely to pick at them
@@epicgardening thanks🙏
Try window screen. It lets the light and water in and keeps the birds out. You jus have to watch the seedlings as the grow you will have to "tent" the screen. Good Luck. 👍 I hope it works for you too. 😃
@@mindy779 thanks
They make netting specially designed to keep birds off/out of plants.
Hey @Epic Gardening the bird food tool link leads to a non-English language gambling website.
Nr. 1 is consistently feeding a variety of birds in the winter and making predator proof nesting places. Then defend the nests from predator birds (ravens and crows specifically). Most songbirds (don't discount the starlings and robins) will reward you with eating mosquitoes and feeding hundreds of the little ones to their chicks during June and July. The seed birds are also necessary to keep poison ivy and oak at bay. All birds are awesome, even the ravens/crows except when they think birdnests are their personal kfc buffet 😢
We have huge crows in our area.
Same here. I was on call all of June and half of July keeping them away from the nestlings. It worked, most around my house made it.
No cats 🐈 in that neighborhood?
Very informative,but I suggest having more trees and not pruning them
That would require a shaded vegetable garden 🌿😆
For anyone looking to a buy bird feeder currently, I stumbled across some pretty unique bird feeders on chirpnest.co. I am pretty sure they are squirrel proof too. Here's the link if anyone is interested: chirpnest.co/collections/bird-feeders
The yardmap link goes to a foreign online gambling site
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Sparrows be like - He probably has a camera in that too and will upload our private moments to internet and zuckerberg. Not to forget the tweety twat. Serious privacy issues with this property. Let's stay clear of that and find an abandoned house.
Do you have squirrels in your area? I wish we could make a bird paradise but squirrels ruin everything!
I just saw it in your video! Don't they eat all the seed and plants? etc
and scare away the birds
What is that small guy
dude HOWR will live in anything. You could have a trashbag on the side of your house and they'd raise 5 clutches in one season in that thing.
Sir please gift me bird house to me sir
Only animals I attract are squirrels, raccoons and stray cats.... smh
Jack is not in the box, look at bird bath
This website sucks