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Christmas is
for the bir

Robert Baelens
Contributing Writer '
wildlife@ven.be.ca
THE spring and sum-
mer eco-skyline, rich
with bloom and berry,”
has been replaced by a
landscape of leafless
trees and uaproviding
evergreens for winter-
ing birds. ="
More food .is needed: to.
survive the cold temperatures

and. it .is “much harder to.

come by.

“AS backyard feeder’ can:
provide much needed relief:
for birds surviving the cold
‘ winter months. : :

- An. easy ‘and. worthwhile

- activity, to. help: balance’ the
holiday season and energetic
hands- isa. homemade bird

A: half- hour ‘and: a few

simple. tools can easily trans

form milk jug or carton, tin
can, ‘picture frame, pop bot-,

. tleor: backyard twigs. “and

sticks into an: avian - winter
bistro... "
_ - Having a bird feedet in
your backyard does, howev-

. OT, require | some™ consistent

- “devoted time and  mainte-
nance. The feeder itself. and
the: area: below, it: must -be
-: kept. clean’ from droppings
and old feed in order to pre-
-vent. disease and ‘discourage
omice and ‘rats...

~ All: feeders should.” be
“hung i in a protected area and
kept off the ground ‘to pro-

“vide”. shelter : from: both

made suet is much apprecia
. ed by insect ‘ea