Here?s a link to a BirdNote story that gives the lowdown on just how messy gardens favor birds.
https://www.birdnote.org/show/leave-leaves

Bob Sundstrom
Lead Writer, BirdNote

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> On Nov 11, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Hank H <h.heiberg at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> We got rid of our bird seed feeders and stopped tidying our gardens in the Fall. We still get a nice variety of birds in our yard. In this video Dark-eyed Juncos eat seeds from a Siberian Sage, a Fox Sparrow does its Fox Sparrow thing and a Varied Thrush eats pyracantha berries.
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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/24468867968/in/dateposted/
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>> Hank & Karen Heiberg
>> Lake Joy
>> NE of Carnation, WA
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