How to Help Birds Power Through Molting Season
Dear Friend of Nature:
With nesting season winding down and molting season at hand, many backyard birds are undergoing big changes. Adults are finishing up family duties, and both parents and fledglings are preparing to molt.
This intense process of replacing worn feathers with a fresh new set demands extra energy, protein, and nutrients. This is especially important after weeks of nesting, breeding, and caregiving.
Molting is one of the most physically demanding stages of a bird’s year. Growing new feathers requires high-quality protein and fat to help birds power through this transformation.
To help birds replace feathers faster and maintain healthy body condition, offer these and other high-protein foods such as:
- SuperSuet®
- Jim's Birdacious® Bark Butter®
- Peanuts
- Mealworms
- A Seasonally Savvy SuperBlend®
Visit Wild Birds Unlimited to see how offering a little extra protein now can support healthier feathers, stronger birds, and a more vibrant backyard well into fall.
Learn more about the biology of feather cycles and specific molting patterns in your area by visiting the All About Birds Feather Molt Guide provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This guide has a wealth of good information about molting, and if you follow some of their links will also give you a list of which birds like which bird seed, and much more cool stuff. Wild Birds Unlimited is a proud sponsor of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Happy Birding!
Jan and Bob Ross
and all of us at
Wild Birds Unlimited, Middleton
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As parents and caregivers we can nurture a child’s bond with the natural world by helping them learn and care about the birds! Here are a few ideas!
- Pick up the Free Nature Passport to visit the sites.
- Help them build a feeder.
- Teach them to fill the feeders.
- Watch for who shows up.
- Sketch the birds you see.
- Identify birds with a field guide.
- Save the data and submit it to eBird.
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