Fall Tips:
With the arrival of cold weather, there is also an influx of sparrows and juncos in southern Quebec.
It is time to instal your trays and your millet to attract Whitethroated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Tree Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco. With any luck, some of these birds will remain at your feeders all winter.
It is also time to put up your chickadee feeder and also hang your suet.
Most birds will soon be in search of higher energy grains such as sunflower and rapeseed.
Remember to raise your squirrel baffle up your pole to forecast snowfall.
It is also time to install weather domes above your feeders to prevent the accumulation of snow or freezing rain.
Winter is the perfect time to offer birds frozen mealworms in a log. This is a very popular food especially among chickadees, woodpeckers and nuthatches.
Of course in order to continue to provide water to birds, you can install a water heating element or simply use a heated bird bath