You can read while you wait and watch, but be sure to turn the pages slowly. Try not to talk, but if it's absolutely necessary, whisper. So birdbaths are one way to attract birds to your backyard. Birdbaths are sold in most garden stores, but a temporary birdbath can be set up by inverting a garbage can lid and filling it with water. If you can manage to mount a garden hose above your birdbath so that it drips ever so slowly, birds will flock to their new jacuzzi, as they simply adore the movement of water.
Birds love a ready food supply.
Many types of birdfeeders can be purchased from garden shops and specialty bird stores. But beginners can set up a temporary feeding station easily by placing sunflower seeds on a piece of non-treated wood or the flat side of a log. Mount your feeder on a window sill or deck railing. These seeds will attract a variety of different birds to your yard, but there are some birds who look for a different type of treat, such as the sugar water sought out by the two birds pictured below. Male and female of the same species are often colored very differently.