Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Unique Bird Feeders Invite Serenity Into Your Private Sanctuary

By Flossie Gibbs


Avian life plays a critical role in maintaining the delicate balance of nature. Without birds, the insect population would proliferate unchecked, rendering the trees naked, expunging plant life while leaving the farmer's fields barren. Unique bird feeders turn backyards into sanctuaries that beckon and sustain the indigenous birds and their young families as welcome neighbors.

Bird-feeding helps their survival during harsh winters, turbulent springs, transitions of fall and droughts in summer. Once feeding is initiated native species quickly come to depend on regular food offerings everyday. The advantages of a dependable food source is an invitation to mated pairs who will return to raise their families year after year.

A wildlife-friendly yard brings native regulars and attracts newcomers with habitat, food, water and nesting boxes. Ornamental feeding stations near large trees and shrubs attract a wide variety of fine feathered visitors.

Ornamental feeders come in more varieties than the birds they nourish. Specific designs are implemented to hold favorite foods for encouraging visitors from particular native species, so that putting out the welcome mat is as easy as knowing local wildlife food preferences.

Though decorative styles are limitless, three standard types of birding stations fulfill the particular needs of specific species. Tube containers offer the greatest ease of accessibility for small birds. Hopper and platform feed stations satisfy the feeding habits of larger birds. Specific designs incorporate the necessities of containing and protecting high-energy suet cakes, sweet flower nectar for hummingbirds and miniscule thistle seed for finches.

A great many birds are becoming more scare every year, with some bordering on the edge of extinction. Changing climates, the encroachment of human populace and housing, accidents, cats and other animals, inhibit an increase in avian populations. Birdwatching hobbyists consider it less a duty and more a pleasure to provide for the protection and sustenance of a valuable part of natural life.

Decorative feeding stations are designed for function, practicality and beauty. Each art piece is uniquely designed for different interpretations of beauty. Ergonomic simplicity, old world nostalgia, serene statuary, visionary architect, rustic wood and latticed wire-works outfit the outdoors with the homeowners vision of an artful garden scape.

A painted gazebo on a pole, a cedar wood peanut butter holder with copper inlays and perches hanging from a tree, a stainless canopy covered canister or a spiral seed tube will draw the birds and delight curious eyes. Today, if you can envision it, your vision is waiting for a home in your landscape.

Upfront and personal brings the birds-eye view to the window with varieties of copper-arched, flip-top and open diner versions for more than the casual observer. When squirrel competition makes for chaos at dinnertime, domed and counter-weighted construction give winged visitors peace in their share of the bounty.

Unique bird feeders satisfy the eye of the beholder and the needs of the fine feathered wildlife living the good life in the serenity of backyard sanctuaries. Landscapes come alive with the indigenous color and activity of welcome friends, without an overabundance of disease carrying insects. Home has all the makings of the perfect family vacation.




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