If you have ever engaged in bird watching, you know that it is an activity that will fill your day with the sheer pleasure and entertainment provided by playing and fluttering of these marvelous creatures with their whimsical nature. If you have never noticed many birds in your backyard, there are a few things you can try in order to attract them. You will be amazed how many different species you will be able to see. By including into your backyard décor a few bird houses, bird baths and several different kind of feeders, you will soon be enjoying a theatre like no other.

One thing that birds really appreciate is a bird bath where they can wade and splash around. You can choose from bird baths that are, rather, conventional or you can try something created using modern technical advances, such as solar powered fountains of some sort. Wild birds such as hummingbirds, robins, thrushes and warblers are attracted to moving water. These species will not come to an ordinary fountain. Besides attracting wild birds, water fountains, also, make a terrific garden décor that can become a gathering place for family and friends—a nice place to sit back and relax.

The next accessory you will want to add to your yard is a bird house. By adding a bird house, you will, greatly increase, the chances of a bird nesting in it. Birds will, not only, frequent your bird house occasionally, but they may, just decide, to make it the place where they decide to raise their young family. What a treat—to be able to see the fledglings begin to test their flight wings! Not only are bird houses practical accessories for bringing birds to your yard but they, also, serve as beautiful garden decors and conversational pieces. The large selection available will make it possible to show off your own individual decorative style.

The last major addition you can add to develop your area for bird watching is a bird feeder. Most bird feeders come in one of three different styles. Tube bird feeders are cylindrically-shaped with a place to land near the hole that lets the food come out. These types of feeders are ideal for a large variety of seeds, as long as the opening are wide enough to let the seeds pass. Hopper feeders serve species that shy away for tray and tube feeders but for smaller birds, tray feeders are the style of choice. If you are not set on any particular species of bird you would like to see in your yard and are willing to enjoy any species that cares to visit, you would be served well to invest in a general wild bird seed. A mixture of various bird seed will appeal to many species of birds.

If you are looking to attract a particular species, you will have to investigate what seed is the favorite of that particular species.

If you are willing to invest in, at least, one of each of these three pieces for birds, you will soon find you will have feathered friends making your backyard a favorite hang-out and you will find yourself with a new, delightful recreation.