Creating The Most Bird Friendliest Garden Ever

Looking to create a bird friendly garden and don’t know what to do? There are many concrete things that you can add to it beyond the basics of food, water, and shelter to make it a virtual paradise for them.

As any casual watcher of birds know, they love trees. Trees allow them to set up nesting high enough to provide them with safe spots above the ground where they can rest as well as keep a lookout for easy food. And, if your garden has no trees, you can give them similar benefits by setting up perches in your yard. Although, primarily used by pet owners as a resting place for their bird when outside of his cage, bird perches are perfect accessories for the birds visiting your garden as well.

Seriously consider planting some annuals in your garden. They will add brightness and color to it. but, in addition, the seeds from them serve as food sources for many birds. But, once the flowers are spent, don’t trim them off as many gardeners do. Leaving them natural will ensure that when the summer rolls to its end that the birds have plenty of seeds from the annuals to help them prepare themselves for the winter.

The perfect bird garden has tons of bushes and trees. For the most part, these plants should be located on the garden edges and sides. As for the center, leave it as primarily a lawn or grass area. This center area provides the birds with plenty of room to be out in the open where they can hunt for insects while, at the same time, making it hard for predators to sneak up on therm because of the wide unobstructed grassy area.

You might try keeping a stack of old logs at the perimeters of your garden also. Having a pile of old logs on the edges of your yard is nice touch also, A lot of  insects and bugs are attracted to wooden structures. The birds in your yard may find this one of their favorite eating places once they notice many of the bugs congregating there.

A compost device is a great way of producing natural fertilizer for the plant life in your garden. Birds love them as well. They will take full advantage of some of the food scraps that you throw on the composter pile.

Plus after you have gone to all the trouble to create the perfect garden for birds, don’t forget to enjoy it yourself.

If you are a really serious bird lover and bird watcher, you have probably already set up your yard with bird houses, feeders, bird baths, and all sorts of other amenities to attract birds to your yard. You might also seriously consider buying a desk diary and documenting the birds that you see in your garden.

Keep a bird diary. Track the species of birds, how many there are, the time of day that they show up, and the date. Also, take pictures and store them along with the diary. You may be surprised at the fond memories that these give you in your later years.