When natural food supplies decrease as temperatures drop, your bird feeders will become much more popular with birds. Winter is the time to stock up on the foods that birds will seek out, especially foods that offer the most calories. These high fat foods will give birds plenty of energy to build the fat reserves needed to survive the long, cold winter nights.
The easiest food to offer in your bird feeders is black oil sunflower seeds. They will attract a very wide range of birds and can easily be offered in many kinds of bird feeders. Hopper bird feeders are especially well designed for winter feeding because they have a roof to protect the seed from rain and snow and the hoppers are usually large enough to hold a few days supply of seed. This is especially useful during stormy weather when none of us want to go outside to fill bird feeders. Tube bird feeders will also do a good job of protecting seed but platform bird feeders are so exposed to the elements that they are much more useful during the spring and summer months. If you don