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January 2, 2024
птахи, дика природа, птахи міста, зимуючі птахи, щиглик, зерноїдні птахи бірдвотчинг, птахоспоглядання
птахи, дика природа, птахи міста, зимуючі птахи, щиглик, зерноїдні птахи бірдвотчинг, птахоспоглядання

Winter is raging, and this is the time when we can see how important the “hotels” we leave for wild birds in the summer are.

Even relatively small areas with unmown nettles, thistles, burdocks, wormwood, and cattails are a support for migratory grain-eating birds in the city – sedges, buntings, green warblers, chaffinches, goldfinches, and titmice.
Birds are constantly migrating. The main reason for these flights in winter is the search for food. But in cities, they are also attracted by the fact that it is several degrees warmer and there are fewer predators.

A favorable environment in cities can become a support for bird populations, which are becoming smaller and smaller in the wild.
Buntings, buntings, green warblers, goldfinches, and chiches are not endangered species, but ornithologists note that their number is gradually decreasing.

However, we will have to forget about the singing of grain-eating birds in winter in cities, if we do not leave at least small unmown areas. These, in particular, can be small objects of the nature reserve fund within the city limits.
In addition, in the worst frosts, you can support the birds by filling the feeder. But remember that it is not necessary to give bread to birds. In the feeder you can put pieces of fresh pumpkin, carrots and apples, unfried and unsalted lard, raw sunflower seeds or chopped nuts, millet, oats, oatmeal and flax.

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