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