Thistle Bird Feeder: All You Need To Know About Feeding Garden Birds Thistle and Nyjer
March 24, 2010 Featured, Thistle Bird Feeder
OK, you have decided that you want to feed your garden birds – and you have probably decided that you want to attract finches. A thistle bird feeder using thistle and nyjer feed is your solution.
Thistle and nyjer is a very small seed that is imported – usually from india. And, because the shell is so easy to remove, the birds and especially finches really love to eat this seed.
Because of its small size, you will need a special thistle bird feeder that is basically a tube which has small feeding ports so the seed does not fall out. There are several very good makes available from reputable companies such as woodlink, perky pets, droll yankees and brome.
My personal favourite is the brome finch squirrel buster becuase its stop the squirels and larger birds from taking the feed meant for my finches. I do like to watch the squirrels in my garden so I place a sperate squiirel feeder far away from my thistle bird feeder and load it with lots of squirrel tasty treats such as peanuts.
Doing both of things gives the finches plenty of time and opportunity to get the the thistle feed they love so much.
If you want to save money, you can opt for making your own thistle bird feeder. Basically you just need to fill a small mesh sack with nyjer feed and hang it someplace where the birds can get to it. Of course, the squirels will also get to this easily and you should make sure you hang it where not too much rain can get to and spoli the seed.
As you can see, there are several options, all are low cost and will give you hours of enjoyment watching the birds feed in your garden.
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