To keep ground-feeding birds where you can see them, buy or make a ground feeder. Essentially, a ground feeder is just window screen stretched over a wooden frame and raised a few inches off the ground on legs. Rain or water from a hose will wash away bird droppings, keeping the platform sanitary. Ground feeders can be made more attractive to birds by placing them near brushy cover and water sources. Chipmunks, voles and white-footed mice may visit, too.
Plants are the ultimate wildlife feeders.
They add beauty to your yard while providing natural food and shelter for birds. Deciduous holly, sumac, American bittersweet, buttonbush, spice bush, viburnums, dogwoods, hawthorns and cedars provide versatile landscaping options. Snow Goose Reduction Effort Enters Second Year Missouri hunters have until April 30 to hunt snow geese and help end an ongoing ecological disaster. For the second year in a row, Congress has enacted a conservation order aimed at reducing the number of snow, blue and Ross geese, collectively known as light geese. The birds numbers have ballooned in recent years, topping 5 million.