Bird Attraction Planner
Score the yard before changing food or buying another feeder.
Bird Attraction Planner
Answer a few questions. Get a score and a 7-day action plan.
Before changing the setup
- Clean the station and remove wet or stale food.
- Check whether birds can approach from cover without flying toward glass.
- Make one change, then watch several mornings before changing another variable.
Morning watch log
Use the same two short windows each day. The goal is to see whether the yard is becoming safer and more predictable, not to keep changing the setup.
Record
First visit time, bird group, food or water used, approach route, and whether anything startled the birds.
Change only if
The same blocker repeats for several mornings: dirty food, no water use, exposed approach, cats, glass risk, or no visible route from cover.
Keep still if
Birds are testing the feeder or bath briefly. Short visits are useful evidence; daily moving can reset trust.
Your yard readiness cardRun the planner
Fix firstChoose your yard situation above.
Why
The planner will show the weakest habitat factor before you add more food or buy another feeder.
This week
Make one change, then watch several mornings.
Stop if
Pause if birds look sick, food spoils, cats patrol, or window strikes happen.
Your 7-day plan
The order matters
Most yards fail because one basic condition is missing. Work in this order before buying another feeder.
- Make it safe.Handle cats, glass, spoiled food, and disease risk first.
- Make it findable.Place food or water where birds already move between cover and open view.
- Make it repeatable.Keep water fresh, food dry, and changes slow enough to measure.
Bring birds in without raising risk
A good yard is not just busy. It is safer, cleaner, and easier for birds to leave.
WindowsUse external fixes and avoid drawing birds into direct reflection paths.
CatsKeep cats indoors, enclosed, or supervised away from feeding and bathing areas.
DiseaseClean feeders and baths; pause feeding if sick birds appear locally.
PesticidesNative plants and insect life are part of bird food. Do not make the yard sterile.