Written by: Justin Roberts
Posted on: July 4, 2026
How to Clean a Bird Feeder (And Why It Matters More Than You Think)
Feeder cleaning genuinely isn’t optional housekeeping — it directly affects how much disease risk you’re introducing to the very birds you’re trying to help by feeding them in the first place. Why Cleaning Matters So Much A feeder concentrates birds into close, repeated contact at…
Written by: Justin Roberts
Posted on: July 4, 2026
Preventing Moldy and Spoiled Bird Seed: A Practical Guide
Moldy seed is more than wasted money sitting in a feeder — certain molds produce a genuine toxin that poses real, documented health risk to any bird that eats contaminated seed. What Actually Causes Seed to Spoil Moisture is the primary driver behind almost every…
Written by: Justin Roberts
Posted on: July 4, 2026
Squirrel-Proofing Your Feeders: A Complete, Layered Strategy
No single trick fully excludes squirrels from a bird feeder — but layering several genuinely effective strategies together gets a determined host remarkably close to that goal. Physical Barriers A dome or cylindrical baffle mounted below a pole-mounted feeder blocks the direct climbing route squirrels…
Written by: Justin Roberts
Posted on: July 4, 2026
Avian Diseases and Feeder Hygiene: What Every Host Should Know
A feeder concentrates birds into closer, more repeated contact than they’d naturally experience on their own, and that concentration genuinely increases the risk of several documented diseases spreading through a local population. Salmonellosis A bacterial infection spread through droppings contaminating feeders and seed, salmonellosis shows…