Similarly one may ask, does feeding birds make them dependent?
Don't worry, birds won't become dependent on you feeding them, study suggests. Oregon State University researchers have some good news for the well-meaning masses who place bird feeders in their yards: The small songbirds who visit the feeders seem unlikely to develop an unhealthy reliance on them.
Subsequently, question is, do birds use feeders all day? Common yard birds are most active at feeders around mid-morning from 8am to 11am, and then again mid-afternoon from 2pm to 4pm. Weather also affects feeder activity, as rainy days or extrememly hot or cold days can increase the number of birds at your feeders.
In respect to this, do bird feeders make birds lazy?
It's fiction. Despite years of research that can find no evidence of any harm from feeding wild birds and studies showing birds use feeders for only about 25% of their diet, the myth that feeding wild birds will make them too lazy to find food still persists.
Will birds starve if I stop feeding them?
Letting Feeders Get Empty
Birds can be forgiving if a feeder is empty for a few days, but a feeder that is consistently empty won't attract birds. Wild birds won't starve if feeders are empty since they get most of their food from natural sources, but they also won't return to an unreliable food source.
