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A cold snap is coming and birds can use some extra energy. Did you know that on a cold night, smaller species sometimes lose 10 percent of their weight because they need the energy to maintain their temperature? It’s too bad, that doesn’t work for me 😉
Tip for today:
Give the birds extra energy by providing them with fat balls and supplementary food. In case of light frost, you can also offer fresh drinking water.
5 tips for feeding birds
- Shake out your tablecloth in the garden.
- Feeding can be done all year round, but especially when it’s freezing and/or snowing.
- Do not feed too much at once. Feed preferably in the morning and towards the end of the afternoon. After a long, cold night, birds need a hearty breakfast and in the evening they eat their bellies full to get through the night.
- Do not give food that contains salt. There is enough salt in the cheese and bread you sprinkle. Don’t give birds margarine or butter, it has a laxative effect.
- Food that freezes easily, such as apples, should be fed as a whole and not in small pieces.
(Source: natuurpunt.be)
Who eats what?
Birds also have preferences. So depending on which birds visit your garden, you can customise the menu to your guests ;-).
- Sparrow: mixed seed, weed seed, broken corn
- Finch: mixed seed, sunflower seeds (the black ones are very energy-rich).
- Great Tit: sunflower seeds, fat balls, peanut cake, peanuts.
- Blackbird: kitchen waste, fruit (apples).
- Chew: mixed seed, weed seed, broken corn, grain mixture, bread.
(source: veldverkenners.be)