Peanuts or peanut butter for larger birds and woodpeckers Mixed seed blends for ground-feeding birds like doves and sparrows How do I keep squirrels away from my bird feeder? Keeping squirrels away can be challenging, but here are a few strategies: Use a squirrel-proof bird feeder design or ...
What you need for this Kids Bird Feeder Activity: Pine Cones Peanut Butter Bird Seed String Butter knife or plastic knife (always supervise kids) Container or large plastic grocery bag (to put bird seed in) What this Bird Feeder Activity Involves: Take the string, cut it to a reas...
To make our DIY window bird feeder, I used an empty half-gallon milk carton that had been cleaned out. Then I cut a large rectangle out of two of the opposite sides with a razor blade to make it see through. Because I like pretty things, I decorated our bird feeder with different st...
A basic suet cake combines equal parts of beef fat and assorted birdseed. You can get creative with the birdseed blend (sunflower seeds, for example!), as long as you use equal parts of it with the beef fat, lard, or natural peanut butter. Additionally, you may want to add some dri...
I have seen the recipes for peanut butter and plaster of paris but supposedly that would kill them and I want none of that. They are part of the menagerie of urban wildlife we feed but while we have no edible vegetation, the only time they are troublesome, like a two year old kid ...