a bird looks up to the sky from a feeding station - Aaron J Hill/Shutterstock From pollinator gardens to bird baths, of all the ways to attract birds to your yard, bird feeders are one of the best.

I love having birds in my yard. They make me feel like ours is the fun house to hang out at in the neighborhood, at least among the aviary crowd. Although the birds don’t sit on my fingertips like I’m ...