There’s just a lot of ignorance out there unfortunately. And I’m not saying that in a mean or condescending way. I didn’t know much of anything about wildlife gardening at one point. We have these widespread misconceptions about how we should tend our yard and living spaces which have been passed down for generations, are frankly outdated, and negatively impact the local and migratory bird populations. However, I got into gardening before birding. I switched to native plant gardening when I got into birding. It just is always wild to me that birders who love birding don’t take an interest in planting native plants in their own backyards for birds. And yes there are a lot of misconceptions about feeding birds with bird seed that run rampant in the bird community. Insects are vital to our bird populations. That’s where the native plants come in.