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    Home » Gardening

    9 Ways to Help Birds in the Winter and Enjoy Their Company

    by Patti Estep · Jan 20, 2020

    Birds in the winter on trees and in feeders

    Enjoy watching and gathering beautiful wild birds in your yard with this list of 9 ways to help birds in the winter.

    Bluejay at winter feeder

    The garden can look pretty bleak during the winter. However, watching the wild birds is a nice alternative, as there are many that stick around for the winter.

    If you live in a cold climate and enjoy watching birds, you may be interested in some of the winter bird activities and project ideas listed below.

    9 Ways to Help Birds in the Winter

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    Homemade suet cakes in cage.
    Homemade Suet Cakes
    See how you can easily make homemade suet cakes to help the birds and other animals who are braving it through the cold winter months.
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    2
    empressofdirt.net
    Love birds? Find Out How to Keep Them Coming Back to Your Garden All Winter Long
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    3
    www.thespruce.com
    Get Your Bird House Ready for Winter
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    4
    northcoastgardening.com
    Attracting Birds In Winter: Creating Year-Round Habitat
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    5
    confessionsofanover-workedmom.com
    Easy How To: Wild Bird Treats for Winter Energy
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    6
    ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com
    It’s Time to Feed The Birds !
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    7
    www.almanac.com
    The Best Winter Bird Foods
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    8
    gardentherapy.ca
    Design a Beautiful Bird-Friendly Winter Container Foraged from Your Yard
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    9
    www.gardenupgreen.com
    Easy Terracotta Saucer Bird Feeder
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    Also, I recently came across a Facebook page for crafters intent on helping wildlife in Australia suffering from the wildfires. If you are an animal lover in general and enjoy crafting, you may want to check out the Animal Rescue Craft Guild. 

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Carole West

      January 20, 2020 at 10:09 am

      I love your bird pictures and I am one to sit outside and watch the bird activity well pretty much year-round. I enjoy it more in the winter because the birds are easier to notice in bare trees. Thanks for sharing my feeder project, super sweet that was a favorite for a couple of seasons and thinking I need to get me some seed and come up with something new. Enjoyed this friend...

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      • Patti Estep

        January 20, 2020 at 11:06 am

        Thanks Carole and that's a good point about being able to see the birds on the bare trees. I love your little feeder. It's simple but sure does the trick.

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