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SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD |
Most wildlife environments have some natural food. An owner supplies supplemental food by providing food or nutrition in addition to the level naturally produced on the land. |
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Station #3 free choice feeder containing sunflower seed and chicken scratch. |
It's easy to make a timed feeder into a free choice feeder. Just remove the battery. |
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Station #1 contains two open feeders and a water source with brush pile. My best feeding station. |
Feeding station #2 is near the house. All feeding stations contain thistle feeders, sunflower, and chicken scratch. |
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I have several open feeders scattered around. |
This deer feeder is free choice feeder for birds. It contains corn, sunflower seed, and chicken scratch. |
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Not only are you supplementing food for the birds, you attract birds that might not be seen otherwise. This Audubon's oriole was a new Edwards County record. |
Lesser Gold finch at thistle feeder. |
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Throwing chicken scratch on the ground around your feeding stations will attack ground feeding birds. Clay-colored sparrow. |
Field sparrows |
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Lincoln's sparrow |
Olive sparrow at brush pile feeding station. |