{"id":863,"date":"2020-12-30T00:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/?p=863"},"modified":"2024-10-23T09:24:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T07:24:45","slug":"what-is-the-ideal-bird-food-titmouse-pellets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/was-ist-das-ideale-vogelfutter-meisenknoedel\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the ide\u00adal bird food? CHICKEN DUMPLES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I had the gre\u00adat honor of con\u00adduc\u00adting an inter\u00adview with Prof. Dr. Peter Bert\u00adhold on 06.01.2017. He was the direc\u00adtor of the Radolf\u00adzell Orni\u00adtho\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal Insti\u00adtu\u00adte for many years, is one of the world\u2019s lea\u00adding orni\u00adtho\u00adlo\u00adgists and has writ\u00adten seve\u00adral books. I spo\u00adke to him about bird fee\u00adding and the value of tit dum\u00adplings. Tog\u00ade\u00adther with his wife Gabrie\u00adle Mohr, he has writ\u00adten a book on the sub\u00adject: Fee\u00adding birds, but the right way<\/em><\/a>. This book is the clas\u00adsic in the field of bird fee\u00adding.<\/p>\n

House spar\u00adrow on the left, green\u00adfinch on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My ques\u00adti\u00adon: What is the ide\u00adal bird fee\u00adder?<\/h2>\n

The ide\u00adal bird fee\u00adder is basi\u00adcal\u00adly quite simp\u00adle. If someone wants to take the simp\u00adlest rou\u00adte, i.e. bird fee\u00adding, okay, I\u2019d like to do that, but I don\u2019t want to go to a lot of trou\u00adble and I don\u2019t want to read any cle\u00adver books, then that would be the method of choice:<\/p>\n

MEISENKN\u00d6DEL \u2014 365 days a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fat balls wit\u00adhout pla\u00ads\u00adtic wrap\u00adping are more envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly fri\u00adend\u00adly. Buy the\u00adse and put the fat balls in fat ball hol\u00adders. A pic\u00adtu\u00adre is shown below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then, inte\u00adres\u00adt\u00adingly, you will find that most of the MEISENKN\u00d6DEL are not eaten in win\u00adter, not at this time of year, but in sum\u00admer. This can be about 30 to 100 times what is eaten in win\u00adter. If we look in our litt\u00adle book, which I wro\u00adte tog\u00ade\u00adther with my wife Fee\u00adding birds, but the right way<\/em><\/a>The\u00adre is a gra\u00adphic in the\u00adre of the lar\u00adge fee\u00adding sta\u00adti\u00adons we have main\u00adtai\u00adned. You can see very cle\u00adar\u00adly that in sum\u00admer, let\u2019s say 100 MEISENKN\u00d6DEL are con\u00adsu\u00admed and in win\u00adter it\u2019s just 2. That\u2019s not sur\u00adpri\u00adsing at all, becau\u00adse in sum\u00admer so much has to be flown, so much ener\u00adgy is con\u00adsu\u00admed.<\/p>\n

\"What<\/p>\n

MEISENKN\u00d6DELN con\u00adta\u00adins the most important thing that birds need all year round. Name\u00adly fat, which we offer them as addi\u00adtio\u00adnal food to the food they look for them\u00adsel\u00adves. And it con\u00adta\u00adins a small amount of grains, and some dum\u00adplings even con\u00adtain dried insects. And this fat is par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly important in sum\u00admer becau\u00adse the\u00adre is so much fly\u00ading. The bird\u2019s flight mus\u00adcle \u2014 the lar\u00adge pec\u00adto\u00adral mus\u00adcle, the one we like to eat with chi\u00adcken or Christ\u00admas goo\u00adse \u2014 this mus\u00adcle is powered exclu\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly by fat. This means that even if a bird eats oat\u00adme\u00adal or small grains at the fee\u00adder, it must first con\u00advert the\u00adse car\u00adbo\u00adhy\u00addra\u00adtes into fat. And only the fat\u00adty acids that are then pre\u00adsent in the body can then be bur\u00adned in the breast mus\u00adcle. So if you offer the birds fat, they can burn it direct\u00adly.<\/p>\n

Black\u00adbird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MEISENKN\u00d6DEL are the simp\u00adlest.<\/strong> But most peo\u00adp\u00adle say that we want to put in a bit of effort. And then 3 types of feed are actual\u00adly important: The MEISENKN\u00d6DEL<\/strong> we have alre\u00ada\u00addy men\u00adtio\u00adned. The second would be a MIXED GRAIN FEED<\/strong> from lar\u00adge and small seeds such as sun\u00adflower seeds, hemp, pop\u00adpy seeds, fine seeds such as thist\u00adle seeds etc. Nowa\u00addays the\u00adre are won\u00adderful feed mix\u00adtures from bird food manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders in various forms. The\u00adse can also be put tog\u00ade\u00adther by pet stores, Raiff\u00adei\u00adsen, coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adves. And third\u00adly, a so-cal\u00adled FAT FOOD<\/strong>This usual\u00adly con\u00adsists of crus\u00adhed cere\u00adal flakes \u2014 the finer, the more ten\u00adder, the bet\u00adter. They are enri\u00adched with coo\u00adking oil or fat. And they are eaten very, very rea\u00addi\u00adly, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly by soft fee\u00adders such as robins, wrens and dun\u00adnocks, i.e. birds that are unable to open any hard-shel\u00adled ker\u00adnels. The\u00adse three things are the ide\u00adal bird food.<\/p>\n

\"Fat<\/p>\n

I repeat:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. MEISENKN\u00d6DEL \u2014 365 days a year<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. mixed grain feed for the various grain lovers<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. fat feed, which con\u00adsists main\u00adly of crus\u00adhed cere\u00adal flakes and is enri\u00adched with oil or fat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This would be the ide\u00adal bird fee\u00adder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Speaks expert Prof. Dr. Peter Bert\u00adhold. He is the aut\u00adhor of this best\u00adsel\u00adler and clas\u00adsic in the field of bird fee\u00adding.<\/p>\n

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Fat balls from the dis\u00adcount store?<\/h2>\n

I asked whe\u00adther the bird food available in the dis\u00adcount store was of suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent qua\u00adli\u00adty. He respon\u00added posi\u00adtively. Bird food bought in dis\u00adcount stores can be bought with a clear con\u00adsci\u00adence.<\/p>\n

Note from me: We can ask our con\u00adsci\u00adence how sen\u00adsi\u00adble con\u00adven\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly pro\u00addu\u00adced bird food is, which dama\u00adges and deci\u00adma\u00adtes our field birds, insects and other wild ani\u00admals with high pesti\u00adci\u00adde use.<\/p>\n

No fat balls with pla\u00ads\u00adtic net\u00adting<\/h2>\n

I would like to add that I have not been using pla\u00ads\u00adtic-wrap\u00adped fat balls sin\u00adce July 2017. I have had very good expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces with this metal con\u00adtai\u00adner, which holds fat balls wit\u00adhout pla\u00ads\u00adtic. I am hap\u00adpy about every bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny owner who starts to feed the birds, even with pla\u00ads\u00adtic fat balls at the begin\u00adning, becau\u00adse they are the easie\u00adst to buy. The main thing is to start. Later, you can buy fat balls wit\u00adhout the\u00adse pla\u00ads\u00adtic nets and use the\u00adse fat ball hol\u00adders.<\/p>\n

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I have fit\u00adted flower pot coas\u00adters under the titmou\u00adse dum\u00adpling hol\u00adders. This means that less food falls down, as the birds are very picky and rum\u00admage around in the food or throw it around wild\u00adly. Despi\u00adte the drip tray, the\u00adre is still enough food lying around at the bot\u00adtom. Black\u00adbirds, robins and tree\u00adcree\u00adpers like to take it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

High qua\u00adli\u00adty lining<\/h2>\n

You can get high-qua\u00adli\u00adty food, nes\u00adt\u00ading boxes, access\u00adories and plants from the full-ser\u00advice pro\u00advi\u00adder Viva\u00adra natu\u00adre con\u00adser\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00adducts<\/a>. This store is recom\u00admen\u00added by NABU and LBV.<\/p>\n

Tit dum\u00adplings wit\u00adhout pla\u00ads\u00adtic net<\/a><\/p>\n

Tit dum\u00adplings wit\u00adhout pla\u00ads\u00adtic net with insects<\/a> from Pauls M\u00fch\u00adle <\/p>\n

For the more advan\u00adced, it works wit\u00adhout tit dum\u00adplings. Cut a block of vege\u00adta\u00adble fat into cubes and place the\u00adse cubes in the fee\u00adders. All the birds, inclu\u00adding the crows, will help them\u00adsel\u00adves to them. <\/em><\/p>\n

Ano\u00adther opti\u00adon is to mix rol\u00adled oats and coar\u00adse meal with rape\u00adseed oil, only stir gent\u00adly, it must not stick tog\u00ade\u00adther. This can be done very quick\u00adly in a pot wit\u00adhout much effort or loss of time. The oil does not need to be hea\u00adted, just stir. Stir in the goo\u00addies: Rai\u00adsins, apple pie\u00adces, sun\u00adflower seeds, chop\u00adped pea\u00adnuts and hazel\u00adnuts, sliver\u00aded almonds, pine nuts, coco\u00adnut flakes, bar\u00adber\u00adry ber\u00adries, cran\u00adber\u00adries or seeds such as spin\u00adach seeds. The\u00adre is no was\u00adte and you have a clear con\u00adsci\u00adence becau\u00adse the nets are not dan\u00adge\u00adrous for any birds.<\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00adse last two vari\u00adants are opti\u00admal. Nevert\u00adhel\u00adess, fat balls are a gre\u00adat bird food, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly for beg\u00adin\u00adners and on the bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny. Plea\u00adse start fee\u00adding the birds all year round. They will thank you very much.<\/h2>\n

Ano\u00adther tip: Uns\u00adal\u00adted is very popu\u00adlar! Pea\u00adnut but\u00adter.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spo\u00adke to lea\u00adding orni\u00adtho\u00adlo\u00adgist Prof. Dr. Peter Bert\u00adhold about bird fee\u00adding: Fee\u00adding birds, but the right way. What is the ide\u00adal bird food? Is bird food from the dis\u00adcount store sui\u00adta\u00adble?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[991,67,109],"tags":[894,479,662],"class_list":["post-863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-stadtnatur","category-voegel","tag-naturbalkon","tag-naturerlebnis","tag-voegel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}