NOT AN OUTDOOR PERSON, YOU CAN STILL HELP THE WILDLIFE IN YOUR BACKYARD

Get tips on how to help birds in coming days

Home    Donate    Contact April's wintry weather has brought hundreds of birds to backyard birdfeeders, like these common redpolls in Sawyer County. Photo by John Kaiser. Snowstorm sends birds to feeders A historic spring snowstorm brought birds to feeders in great numbers, and American robins, hermit thrushes, yellow-rumped warblers, American woodcocks, tree swallows, purple martins, eastern bluebirds and eastern phoebes were among the bird species most impacted. Despite blizzard conditions in the far north, impacts to birds were reduced there simply because many migrants had not yet returned...Read more. How to help birds in coming days You can help migratory birds in coming days by clearing snow to expose patches of bare ground, keeping feeders clean and full, and offering a variety of foods such as sunflower seeds, white millet, suet, peanut chunks, chopped raisins& other fruits, frozen berries, and mealworms. Although the weather is going to improve drastically and quickly, the birds will need time to rebuild energy reserves. Visit our Wildlife Rehabilitator Directory if you find a bird in need of help.  Subscribe to our weekly birding report  See what birds arrive weekly by signing up for our Thursday birding report. Ryan Brady, a conservation biologist with DNR's Natural Heritage Conservation Program and DNR’s Bird Monitoring Coordinator, uses web-based birding forums, the powerful eBird database, and other citizen-based observations to track bird movement patterns in Wisconsin. Sign up now for Birding and Bird Conservation so you don’t miss Ryan’s next report and fantastic photos!