The most important piece of bird attraction is water. I provide water, food in
the way of native plants (seeds in winter) a place to raise their young (plenty
of vines, trees, shrubs in a wide variety) and cover, as a result of the shrubs
I select.

You can put out suet feeders, but in summer the suet can become rancid quickly.
Birds which eat many insects are mockingbirds, martins, barn swallows. If you
have those, you will have birds which eat flying insects, grasshoppers and
spiders. Hummingbirds eat a lot of spiders, as well.



On Wed, 28 May 2003 18:31:51 -0400, Requester wrote:

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hello. if i was to buy a few bird feeders and hang them up. will it attract birds that will eventually make nests in the trees? is there any particular bird that eat flying insects like mosquitos and gnats and perhaps small spiders? if so what type of
bird and what food would i need to add to the feeder to attract them?

thank


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