Countries with higher species of bird diversity saw the biggest jump in searches for proper wild bird feeding.
Pro-tip: the Merlin app by Cornell is free and awesome–it uses your mic to pic up nearby bird songs and tells you what kind of bird it most-likely is. It’s really impressive and even does a good job differentiating multiple birds at the same time.
And if you did, and want a fun tech project to track what species are in your yard, check out BirdNET Pi: https://github.com/mcguirepr89/BirdNET-Pi
As an aside, the UK has been obsessed with bird feeding for decades - to the extent that some species are evolving beaks more suited for feeders
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-10-20-british-birds-adapt-their-beaks-birdfeeders
Watching birbs is fun. We had a flock of sparrows that would adopt fledgeling blackbirds sometimes.
Ha, even I put out some nesting boxes. More food than places to hide for them around these parts.
And this company probably did really well during that time: mybirdbuddy.com
(I don’t work there or anything, just think their product is pretty cool!)
