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PRINT5 Good Reasons to Feed the Birds
- Winter is tough on birds especially where snow cover is deep. Help these wild friends out by putting some seed in a feeder.
- It’s fun to watch the types of birds that visit your bird feeder. Great photo opportunity too.
- See how well you know bird types. Play the name game — is it a chickadee, cardinal, woodpecker. Fun and educational too. Get a book from the library to help you identify them.
- Which food do they like best? Test out a few different kinds (there are tons of varieties available) and see which seed attracts the most, the prettiest, or your favorite birds.
- Seeing birds in your yard will remind you that spring is coming — even if it’s coming ever so slowly.
Sandi Duncan is the Managing Editor of the Farmers' Almanac. Click here to read Sandi's full biography.Free Weekly eNewsletter
Farmers' Almanac Long Range Weather
February 8th - February 11th
- Northeast U.S.
Wet snow mixed with rain Mid-Atlantic north through New England; slushy accumulations of 4+" possible.
- Midwest/Great Lakes U.S.
Accumulating snows Kentucky, Ohio, then clearing. Fair elsewhere.
- Southeast U.S.
Wet snow Tennessee, western North Carolina; wintry mix northern Mississippi, Alabama. Elsewhere, rain, then clearing.
- North Central U.S.
Drier, much colder.
- South Central U.S.
Snow parts of Arkansas, then clearing, cold. Clear, much colder elsewhere.
- Northwest U.S.
Drier, but colder.
- Southwest U.S.
Drier, but noticeably colder.
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