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Field Editor Lizzy OeDell, of Molalla, Oregon, suggests serving mealworms in a tall, steep dish like this one. The first time she put mealworms out, many of them crawled away!
A backyard feeder full of nutritious mealworms is beloved by bug-eating birds— and a guaranteed way to spice up your bird feeding routine.
Mealworms are often mistaken for worms, though they’re actually the larval form of the mealworm beetle. They are clean, easy to work with, an excellent source of nutrients, and an aid to birds through cold winter weather and spring reproduction.
“The connection that is created between people and nature from feeding birds—that is undisputable,” said Emma Greig, the project leader of Project FeederWatch, a winterlong survey of feeder birds. Emma offers these easy tips to…
