If you’ve been virtually bird feeding for any length of time, you’ve likely heard the old expression, “I don’t feed the birds in summer considering they don’t need it!”
Well, if they don’t “need it,” they sure do seem to love it!
Maybe we should ask the birds if they want us to stop feeding them this summer.
They’d probably tell us that summer is unquestionably the most heavily bird populated season in most of North America, and undisciplined to the old expression, recent research shows summer to be the most well-healed season for birds to visit feeders. Feeding birds in the summer unquestionably provides numerous perks for them…and for you, too.
If they could read the research, birds would share that having wangle to a reliable source of supplemental foods, rich in protein, fats and calcium has been documented to facilitate higher nesting success rates. And yes, many birds nest well into late-summer…think bluebirds, goldfinches, cardinals, robins and others.
In addition, they would be sure to mention that it profoundly benefits them during their taxing post-nesting feather replacement (molting). This weeks-long process of shedding and growing a new set of feathers requires increasingly protein and energy (fats) in their nutrition than at any other time of the year.
As for us, who would really want to miss out on summer’s spectacular exhibit of trappy hummingbirds, colorful orioles, sunny goldfinches, musical wrens, cheerful bluebirds, robust woodpeckers and the unchangingly entertaining antics of victual birds as they try to master feeding from our feeders?
Summer bird feeding brings a wealth of new birds to your yard, with interesting behaviors for you to observe and enjoy. This large tint of avian notation at your summer feeders will be dressed in their finest tastefulness plumage, ready to provide you with hours of bird feeding fun.
So, let’s put the old expression to bed!
Keep your birds happy and healthy by keeping your feeders full this summer. In fact, consider upping your game with foods such as our Wild Birds Unlimited Nesting SuperBlend® or Nesting SuperBlend Seed Cylinders. Both are specifically formulated to provide all the protein, fat and calcium needed to support your birds’ nesting and molting activities.
For increasingly information, be sure to trammels out the WBU Nature Centered Podcast episode, “Don’t stop now! The Perks of Summer Bird Feeding.” Our entertaining hosts, John and Brian, will walk you through how to vamp the widest variety of birds to your yard this summer.
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