3 Easy Ways to Help Backyard Birds

Helping our backyard birds is actually quite easy. We want to keep them around and so that we can enjoy watching them and help our children learn about the natural world around them. Backyard birds allow us to bird watch and learn without leaving the comforts of our home. We don't have to plan a large excursion to the local zoo or a trip with a bird-watching expedition. We can just stand at our window and watch.

So it's important for us to help them. A champion for backyard birds is Steve Kaye. He's a great photographer and talented online writer. His article, 7 Ways to Help Birds, details more ways you can help out. But, I wanted to highlight just these 3. They are each easy for us do and make such a big difference to world of the birds.

1. Feed the birds. This is simple. We want to keep the birds around our backyard and they need a good food source. So make sure to keep lots of bird feeders available and keep them cleaned and refilled regularly.
2. Keep chemicals off your lawn and gardens. Besides being safer for the birds, this idea is also safer for you, your children and your pets. Caring for your lawn and garden organically is easy, so take the time to do this right.
3. Keep garbage secure. In general, birds are inquisitive. They like to check out interesting objects. Many will also include little tidbits in their nests. Make sure this isn't your trash that's going into those nests.

So spend a little time to make your backyard safer for the birds. They will reward you with plenty to watch.