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If you are one of the millions of bird lovers, you may wonder how to go about setting up and maintaining wild bird feeders to turn your backyard into an aviary of sorts. A simple way to start is to picture yourself engaged in birdwatching: what do you envision for your yard?

Any bird watcher will be able to regale you with accounts of how important wild birds are in sustaining the balance of a certain ecosystem and maintaining the status quo in the food chain. They will dumbfound you with impressive sounding statistics about population sizes and how the devastating effect man is having on the habitat of these birds.

You will find that bird feeders are great addition to your garden if you enjoy wildlife and seeing birds at close range. Bird feeders will bring a number of different local birds to your garden. You will also find that your feeder could attract birds from all around the country as they migrate from season to season.

Any backyard birdwatcher can become a volunteer researcher for Project FeederWatch managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Volunteers help scientists track bird populations and movements by counting birds that visit yards and feeders. The final result is a coast to coast snapshot of bird life in North America.