3 Reasons to Feed the Birds in Spring!

Spring is an amazing time to invite birds to your backyard. Providing high-quality foods with the right ingredients will provide a benefit to the birds and to you.

• Limited Time Beauty: Attract the beauty, color and harmonics of migrating songbirds as they pass through your neighborhoods. Offer them a place to rest and refuel with our variety of Jim's Birdacious® Bark Butter® products, mealworms, seed blends, nectar and more. You’ll be amazed at who may stop in your yard for a few days.
• Better Survival Rates: Parent birds with access to abundant, quality foods spend less time searching for food and more time selecting better nesting sites, constructing higher quality nests and protecting eggs and young from predators.
• Baby’s First Steps: Abundant, quality food sources allow more baby birds to survive and thrive, allowing you to enjoy watching them grow, leave the nest and learn use your feeders. They will seek out foods full of protein and calcium.

We have all the calcium-enriched foods, such as Bark Butter, Bark Butter Bits and No-Mess Plus Blend, and products you need to experience the wonder of spring bird feeding. Come see us at the store today.

April Birds to Watch in Your Central Illinois Backyard

April brings one of spring’s smallest showstoppers, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. These tiny travelers start returning to Central Illinois this month, flashing through backyards like little sparks with wings. One day your garden looks quiet, the next, zip, there they are, hovering at flowers and feeders like they own the place.

April is bustling all around them, too. American Robins are hard at work on the lawn, Northern Cardinals are singing from every high perch, and chickadees, titmice, and House Finches are busy pairing up and checking out nesting spots. It is a great time to freshen up your feeders, set out nectar, and make sure birds have clean water for all the action ahead. Stop by the store and we will help you get ready for hummingbird season, and all the spring backyard drama that comes with it.

 

 

The Perfect Gift for Every Nature Lover

Every nature lover is different, so finding the ideal gift for them can be difficult. That's why our gift cards are the perfect gift for every occasion. They allow your friend or loved one to choose what part of nature he or she wants to enjoy. The best part: our gift cards are redeemable at every Wild Birds Unlimited location.