| Choosing gifts for any animal lovers can be | | | | simple nut feeder could save those birds |
| quite a pleasure, as it is often a gift that | | | | lives on many a night when there is frost and |
| is shared by the recipient with her animal | | | | snow around. |
| friends or pets. This is especially so with | | | | |
| bird lover gifts. People who really love | | | | The variety of bird feeders is very wide |
| birds tend to want them to enhance their | | | | nowadays. Window feeders have been around a |
| gardens, to encourage real wild birds to | | | | long time, but they too have grown in the |
| visit time and again, or even stay for the | | | | variety available since the first plastic |
| breeding season. | | | | versions appeared a few decades ago. In more |
| | | | recent years, some very decorative, and |
| A gift for a bird lover can therefore be a | | | | attractive feeders have been created, and |
| gift of life, a promotion of nature around | | | | there is a wide choice of these available now |
| the home, visible from the windows or while | | | | as gifts for your bird lover friends and |
| tending the garden. Encouraging wild birds to | | | | relatives. |
| their gardens is something that millions do | | | | |
| in the northern hemisphere, especially in the | | | | Remember also that you can get feeders that |
| winter when many wild birds suffer from food | | | | are for particular species of bird. You will |
| shortages. | | | | find feeders for bluebirds, hummingbirds, |
| | | | orioles and other beautiful birds. |
| At Christmas, cards are commonly adorned by | | | | |
| robins, their red breasts contrasting so | | | | Should you decide to buy a bird feeder as a |
| vividly with the white snow. But that pretty | | | | Christmas gift, it may be a nice touch too if |
| picture can be deceiving, with the harshness | | | | you added a supply of an appropriate bird |
| of winter depriving the robin and other | | | | food. That could mean the happy bird lover |
| resident birds of the sustenance and warmth | | | | setting the feeder up Christmas morning, and |
| they need to survive until spring. It is that | | | | having some very special feathered visitors |
| threat that brings out the best in bird | | | | for Christmas lunch. And I?m not talking |
| lovers through those winter months. | | | | about the turkey! |
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| It is not just winter, though, that | | | | Bird Houses or Nest Boxes |
| encourages true bird lovers to think about | | | | |
| the birds. In the summer, too, many Americans | | | | If you want to brighten up Christmas by |
| and Britons have taken to encouraging birds | | | | looking ahead to spring, then you will find |
| to nest in their gardens or on their homes. | | | | another range of bird lover gifts with bird |
| | | | houses, or nest boxes as they are more |
| What Gifts Can You Choose For A Bird Lover? | | | | commonly called in the UK. While bird houses |
| | | | may not be used until spring and summer for |
| Christmas comes as the coldest of winter | | | | nesting, there are two good reasons for |
| approaches, so if you know someone who cares | | | | setting them up early. |
| for the wild birds, it can be a good time to | | | | |
| buy a bird gift that will help them with | | | | Firstly, some birds will use them as shelter |
| their feeding of the birds in their garden. | | | | in bad weather, so again, this is a gift that |
| This will not only help the regular bird | | | | could be a life saver. Secondly, house |
| visitors to their garden, but encourage new | | | | prospecting amongst birds can go on long |
| visitors too. Sometimes in the worst winters, | | | | before nesting. If the bird house goes up in |
| some rarer birds may give lots of pleasure | | | | December, you can bet that this new piece of |
| and excitement to the garden's owner as they | | | | prime real estate will be eyed by many a bird |
| come seeking food and shelter. | | | | passing through the garden or by the house. |
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| If you are not a bird lover yourself, and are | | | | Bird houses make for quite an exciting gift |
| not sure of the sort of things you can buy as | | | | for bird lovers, as the gift will bring lots |
| a gift, here are a few ideas for you: | | | | of pleasures once the first birds use it for |
| | | | nesting. It is also a great way to teach |
| Bird Feeders | | | | children about birds as they watch the |
| | | | parents building the nest, the laying of the |
| Bird feeders can be the winter saviour for | | | | eggs, the hatching of the nestlings, and then |
| many birds in a cold winter. This is | | | | the feeding of the young before their |
| especially true with small birds, who have to | | | | departure. A real pleasure for bird lovers |
| eat continually from dawn to dusk to survive | | | | young and old alike. |
| the night. Those nuts that are put out in a | | | | |