Birds prefer to visit
yards which offer
them all the
essentials for
survival: food, water
and cover. Trees,
bushes, shrubs or
hedges close to your
feeding station will
entice shy birds
closer, providing a
‘staging area’ and
helping them to feel
safe. Brushy areas
and nestboxes
situated
away from
the feeding station
will encourage
nesting.
Using commercially
available squirrel
baffles also saves
more seed for your
bird visitors.
For human and bird
health, keep your
feeding stations
clean and replace
water regularly.
In University tests,
the Magic Halo
alone (without wires)
repelled 95% of
house sparrows from
feeding stations.
The Halo also
discouraged feeding
by grackles and
bluejays. The
addition of the
hanging wires
increased the
repellency to 99%.
A few species,
including cardinals,
will happily feed
under the Halo but
may prefer a feeding
station without the
added pendant
wires.
Keeping away the
sparrows means
more food and less
competition for all
the other birds in
your garden.
