Attract More Birds During Winter by Offering a Variety of Foods
Birds are always looking for reliable food sources to help satisfy their daily nutritional needs. In fact, many birds adapt their diets during winter, switching from unavailable insects or vegetation. You can help by offering a variety of foods such as Winter SuperBlend cylinders and seed, suet, peanuts, Jim's Birdacious® Bark Butter® or one of our many specially-formulated seed blends.
January Mid-Atlantic Nature Happenings
- Project FeederWatch continues, feederwatch.org
- Squirrel mating season.
- Now through late March is a difficult time for birds; providing food and an open source of water is important.
- Listen for Great Horned Owls' "hoot" as they pair up for mating season.
- During late January or early February, Great Horned Owls will be sitting on their eggs.
- Woodpeckers are easy to spot on leafless trees.
- Watch for mixed flocks of birds to feed on winter berries, poison ivy and cedar trees.
- Waterfowl are present on deep-water lakes.
- Start planning your butterfly and bird gardens this month.
- Skunk Cabbage is the first flower of the year to bloom.