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What Gift Can I Give A Bird Lover This Christmas?

Choosing gifts for any animal lovers canthat are put out in a simple nut feeder
be quite a pleasure, as it is often acould save those birds lives on many a
gift that is shared by the recipientnight when there is frost and snow
with her animal friends or pets. This isaround.
especially so with bird lover gifts.The variety of bird feeders is very wide
People who really love birds tend tonowadays. Window feeders have been
want them to enhance their gardens, toaround a long time, but they too have
encourage real wild birds to visit timegrown in the variety available since the
and again, or even stay for the breedingfirst plastic versions appeared a few
season.decades ago. In more recent years, some
A gift for a bird lover can therefore bevery decorative, and attractive feeders
a gift of life, a promotion of naturehave been created, and there is a wide
around the home, visible from thechoice of these available now as gifts
windows or while tending the garden.for your bird lover friends and
Encouraging wild birds to their gardensrelatives.
is something that millions do in theRemember also that you can get feeders
northern hemisphere, especially in thethat are for particular species of bird.
winter when many wild birds suffer fromYou will find feeders for bluebirds,
food shortages.hummingbirds, orioles and other
At Christmas, cards are commonly adornedbeautiful birds.
by robins, their red breasts contrastingShould you decide to buy a bird feeder
so vividly with the white snow. But thatas a Christmas gift, it may be a nice
pretty picture can be deceiving, withtouch too if you added a supply of an
the harshness of winter depriving theappropriate bird food. That could mean
robin and other resident birds of thethe happy bird lover setting the feeder
sustenance and warmth they need toup Christmas morning, and having some
survive until spring. It is that threatvery special feathered visitors for
that brings out the best in bird loversChristmas lunch. And I?m not talking
through those winter months.about the turkey!
It is not just winter, though, thatBird Houses or Nest Boxes
encourages true bird lovers to thinkIf you want to brighten up Christmas by
about the birds. In the summer, too,looking ahead to spring, then you will
many Americans and Britons have taken tofind another range of bird lover gifts
encouraging birds to nest in theirwith bird houses, or nest boxes as they
gardens or on their homes.are more commonly called in the UK.
What Gifts Can You Choose For A BirdWhile bird houses may not be used until
Lover?spring and summer for nesting, there are
Christmas comes as the coldest of wintertwo good reasons for setting them up
approaches, so if you know someone whoearly.
cares for the wild birds, it can be aFirstly, some birds will use them as
good time to buy a bird gift that willshelter in bad weather, so again, this
help them with their feeding of theis a gift that could be a life saver.
birds in their garden. This will notSecondly, house prospecting amongst
only help the regular bird visitors tobirds can go on long before nesting. If
their garden, but encourage new visitorsthe bird house goes up in December, you
too. Sometimes in the worst winters,can bet that this new piece of prime
some rarer birds may give lots ofreal estate will be eyed by many a bird
pleasure and excitement to the garden'spassing through the garden or by the
owner as they come seeking food andhouse.
shelter.Bird houses make for quite an exciting
If you are not a bird lover yourself,gift for bird lovers, as the gift will
and are not sure of the sort of thingsbring lots of pleasures once the first
you can buy as a gift, here are a fewbirds use it for nesting. It is also a
ideas for you:great way to teach children about birds
Bird Feedersas they watch the parents building the
Bird feeders can be the winter saviournest, the laying of the eggs, the
for many birds in a cold winter. This ishatching of the nestlings, and then the
especially true with small birds, whofeeding of the young before their
have to eat continually from dawn todeparture. A real pleasure for bird
dusk to survive the night. Those nutslovers young and old alike.



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