frequently asked questions

Birds

1. Identifying
   • Identifying a bird
   • Choosing binoculars
2. Birdfeeders
   • Are birdfeeders safe
   • Making suet
   • Making hummingbird food
   • Peanut butter for birds
   • Best food for blue jays and woodpeckers
   • Spilled seed
   • Finches not appearing at the feeder
   • Dealing with pigeons, starlings, and crows at feeders
   • Squirrels at bird feeders
   • Niger seed
3. Attracting
   • Attracting more birds
   • Heated birdbaths
   • Birds for mosquito and wasp control
   • Natural bird seed for finches
4. Dealing with problem birds
   • Pigeons on the balcony
   • Dealing with pigeons, starlings, and crows at feeders
5. Nesting boxes and platforms for birds
   • Perches on nesting boxes
   • Purple martin houses
   • Loon nesting platform
   • Osprey nesting platform
   • Putting up nesting boxes

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