Still, spring is the season of promise, renewal, and some pretty neat action at the bird feeder. Below, in lilting prose and taxonomic order, are my top 10 reasons why spring bird feeding is great. Species diversity goes up as spring migrants come through. On a busy spring morning the activity at your feeders will attract other birds, perhaps including some unusual feeder visitors. These are all species that we have only as sporadic feeder visitors during a few weeks in the spring.
Goldfinches molt into spring finery.
Nothing gets my spring fever working like that first early March glimpse of a male American goldfinch with a splotch of brand-new canary yellow feathers. Bird song right outside the window. For those of us in wintry regions, spring brings back bird song to our ears. Backyards in warmer, sunnier regions may get lots of song throughout the year because some species actively court and breed during what we consider to be the winter months. As the days lengthen and warm, everybody gets into the act.