Today, I’m sharing birding tips on backyard bird fall migration. Fall is around the corner, and many of our feather friends will be migrating south. Migration usually occurs between September and November. Are you anxious to assist during the backyard bird fall migration? Assisting birds in the fall is just as important as assisting them in the spring.
Here’s a few tips on backyard bird fall migration:
Provide Moving Water – Place a bird bath in a location that birds can see from the sky is crucial as a backyard birder. Birds are attracted to moving water. As a result, you can purchase a floating fountain or agitator to place in your bird baths. I have floating fountains for my bird baths. I love them, I can change the fountain heads to different sprays of water when I want a change. If you’re going to provide water for backyard birds, clean your bird baths regularly.
Use Large Feeders – During the backyard bird fall migration, I use large bird feeders. Hundreds of hungry birds are migrating south and will need to eat while in route. I have found that using large feeders keeps me from having to refill my feeders so often. I use several feeders, platform and tubes. However, I have found that platform feeders draw the largest number of birds.
Provide High Energy Foods – Provide high energy foods for your feathered friends. This includes black oil sunflower seeds, peanuts, a variety of suet, meal worms, cracked corn and fruit.
Clean Out Birdhouses – Fall is a good time to clean out nesting boxes and store them for spring if they’re not mounted.
Provide Cover – Leave brush piles and/or piles of leaves in your garden or backyard if possible. Birds love natural nesting areas like trees, shrubs, and bushes. Furthermore, most will return to the same nesting spots year after year. Baby birds will return to the yards they were born in and build their nests in the same area. As a result, make your yard as bird family as possible.
Provide Natural Food Sources – Providing berries from Wild Cherry, Dogwood, Holly, Chokeberry, Ash and other trees will be welcomed by our feathered friends. Migrating birds will devour these berries.
So, start now so that you will be ready when backyard bird fall migration arrives. Also, remember that birds scour for resources in the fall. If your yard is well stocked, and they hang around during the winter month. They will return to your yard! When is Fall Migration.
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