Be patient-the local birds first have to discover the new food source. When you first set up a feeding station, you may have no feeder visitors. Also, try setting them where they are mostly shaded, because sugar solution spoils quickly in the sun. Hummingbird feeders should be placed where they are protected from wind a swaying feeder may spill sugar solution. More about safe feeder placement from Project FeederWatch. You can provide resting and escape cover for ground-dwelling birds such as Song Sparrows and White-throated Sparrows by providing loosely stacked brush piles near your feeders. A distance of about 10 feet seems to be a good compromise, but try experimenting.
Nearby branches can provide jumping-off points for seed-hungry squirrels and hiding places for bird-hungry cats. Evergreens are ideal-their thick foliage buffers winter winds and offers year-round hiding places from predators.īe careful not to locate your feeder too close to cover, though. Here’s more on latest findings in window safety from our magazine.įeeders close to natural shelter such as trees or shrubs offer resting places for birds between feeding bouts and a quick refuge if a hawk flies through.
Window glass kills at least 100 million birds every year in the United States, according to estimates. Perhaps counterintuitively, feeders are safest when they’re closest to windows-because if a bird takes off from the feeder and hits the window, it won’t be going at top speed and has a better chance of surviving-so it’s best to place feeders closer than 3 feet to a picture window (or even affixed to the glass or window frame). You’ll want to make sure the feeder is in a place that’s relatively safe from window collisions and from predators. The first of these is easy, but the second takes a bit more planning. The two main things to keep in mind when deciding where to place your bird feeder are: can you see the feeder well, and is the feeder in a safe location.
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