"February is National Birdfeeding Month"

Did you know?  A typical backyard bird barely weighs as much as two nickels!  Birds spend most of their waking hours searching for food...without the help of "hands and fingers".  They often consume as much as 15% of their body weight just to keep warm enough to survive the winter overnight. 

In January 1994, Illinois' 10th District Congressman, John Porter presented a resolution in the Congressional Record making February "National Birdfeeding Month".

Backyard bird feeding is an entertaining, educational and inexpensive pastime that can be enjoyed by children and adults.  Young children are naturally drawn to the activities involved in feeding wild birds.  Chickadees, for example, fly back and forth between a feeder and a nearby tree.  On each trip, they take a single seed and fly to a perch where they hold the seed with their feet and peck it open to remove and eat the kernel inside.  The Northern Cardinal is a familiar visitor to the feeding station.  A beautiful bird, the bright red male and his more camouflaged mate are often the first at the feeder in the morning and the last to leave at night.  Cardinals, mated for life, can often be seen sharing morsels of sunflower and safflower seeds during this time.

Feeding wild birds in the backyard is an easy hobby to start, and it need not overtax the family budget.  It can be as simple as mounting a single feeder outside a window and filling it with a good quality seed mix or black oil sunflower seeds.  Visit Sartin Services Lawncare & Nursery today and let one of our knowledgeable sales associates help you choose a birdfeeder and seed for your family's enjoyment.  The birds would be most grateful!

Happy Gardening!

Larry Vickers

Sartin Services Lawncare & Nursery, Inc.