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Laura Ramos
Homosassa, FL, USA
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I have a lot of land and very little birds help! How do I get the birds that are native to Florida to stay in my yard I need help I only have a 2 blue jays lots of mean mocking birds and a family of eastern blue birds I have had some birds visit with the opposite gender but they never stay to build a nest!? Please comment and tell me how can I attract more birds that would be so helpful 🙂
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The Mother Eastern Bluebird is hiding in the tree see if you can spot her 🙂
What type of birds do you want to attract? Maybe put out some hummingbird feeders, and some bird feeders. Or plant some flowers and sprinkle seeds around the tree. Also put out some nest boxes. Really your only problem is that you don’t have many birds. I doubt the mockingbirds are mean… They are never aggressive towards humans unless you are invading their territory or nest.
I agree with Coco… lots of birds like suet feeders (from my experience) and hummingbirds usually come to hummingbird feeders, orioles enjoy jelly and oranges, and goldfinches LOVE sunflower seeds and thistles! So overall, it depends on what kind of birds you want to attract. Birds also like some trees and bushes.
Mockingbirds can chase other birds off as well as blue jays, But I do not think that mockingbirds would chase that many birds off. You can do what coco said. Cause that would help. also you can go to Parks nearby or birding Hotspots If that still does not work.
Here are some helpful links:
https://ebird.org/region/US-FL-017?yr=all
https://birdwatchinghq.com/how-to-attract-birds/
https://blog.nwf.org/2011/01/for-beginners-four-cant-miss-ways-to-attract-birds-to-your-yard-or-deck/
Hope this helps, and I hope you get birds in your yard!
For bird feeders, try
https://feederwatch.org/learn/common-feeder-birds/
for nest boxes, try
https://nestwatch.org/learn/all-about-birdhouses/right-bird-right-house/
And for roost boxes, try
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/attract-birds-with-roost-boxes/
We’re on 5 acres considered “prairie” in Texas. We planted shrubs with red berries (female) youpon & other holly 10 yrs ago. Also have blue bird boxes. We now have nesting cardinals & BB. Dove, mockingbird, red winged blackbirds ar one pond. Our prize nesters are the Purple Martins. Go to purplemartin.org & learn all about it. Florida is a favored location & see their return first on continent.
I have been trying to attract native birds in Florida but it has not turned out good some mocking birds come her to get water sometimes they try to attack the eastern bluebird who live close to their water source but little by little they are getting nicer to the eastern bluebirds and the blue jays they even attacked some crows who were being disturbing to the nest box I have there is this weird nest I found in a nest box I wanted to fix it’s pretty abandon I don’t know is I should wait longer or remove it but thanks for your help I apricate it 🙂