"Feed Me...Please"

Did you know?  A typical backyard bird barely weighs as much as two nickels!  Birds spend most of their waking hours in search of food...with out the help of "hands and fingers".  They need to consume as much as 15% of their body weight during the day just to stay warm enough to survive the winter weather for one night. 

In January 1994, Illinois Congressman, John Porter presented a resolution in the Congressional Record making February "National Birdfeeding Month".

Bakyard bird feeding is an entertaining, educational and inexpensive pastime that can be enjoyed by children and aduls alike.  Young children are naturally drawn to the activities of the birds while feeding.  Chickadees for example, fly back and forth between feeder and a nearby tree.  On each trip, they take a single seed and fly to a perch where they hold the seed with their feet and peck it open to remove and eat the kernel inside.  The Northern Cardinal is a familiar visitor to the feeding station.  A beautiful bird, the bright red male and his more camouflaged mate are often the first to the feeder in the morning and often the last to leave at night.  Cardinals, mated for life, can often be seen sharing morsels of sunflower or safflower seeds during their feeding time. 

Feeding wild birds in the backyard garden is an easy and inexpensive hobby to start.  It can be as simple as mounting a single feeder outside a window and filling it with a good quality seed mix or black oil sunflower seeds.  Visit Satin Services Lawncare & Nursery today and let one of our knowledgeable sales associates help you pick out a new birdfeeder and seed for your family's enjoyment.  We also offer an exceptional custom blended seed for the birds in our area that is used by our own in-house bird enthusiast (Robert).

Happy Gardening!

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Larry Vickers