Feeding the birds in Summer
Feeding birds used to be a winter activity, from Christmas until the fi rst spring fl owers appeared. But birds need our help in the summer months just as much as during the winter.
Because birds breed in the spring and early summer, by July and August there are millions more hungry mouths to feed. For tits, fi nches and sparrows, garden feeding stations provide a real lifeline. And even for birds like robins, wrens, thrushes and blackbirds, availability of insects, fruits and berries is, to a large extent, the result of gardening habits. The more bird-friendly the garden, the more birds it will support.
As we and the birds enjoy the summer sunshine, autumn and winter (when food is more scarce) are only a couple of months away. If this year’s youngsters and their parents can obtain enough energy now, they’ll have the energy resources to survive leaner times ahead.
Nesting parents have a particularly tough time in summer. The job of fi nding hundreds of caterpillars a day is hard work for a pair of blue tits, so any extra food to maintain their own energy levels is welcome. They may also have to cope with dry weather, when earthworms burrow deep beneath the surface; or in wet weather, when foraging is diffi cult.
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