More Feeder Projects

Seed Cones

Ingredients:

• pine cones
• peanut butter
• birdseed (your choice)

Directions:

Lay out a newspaper on a table or countertop and pour birdseed it. Spread peanut butter all over the pine cones and roll them in the birdseed. Tie a piece of ribbon or string to the top of each cone and hang them on tree branches. The birds will pick them clean!

Easy Fruit Feeder

Here is a simple summer bird feeder that I first saw made by a group of teenagers at a church gathering. Friends who have tried this feeder design in their yards have responded enthusiastically. In my yard, orioles, tanagers, and other songbirds visit the feeder to nibble at the orange halves.

All that is needed is a short piece of dowel, a length of twine, string, or coated wire, and a piece of fruit. Sharpen one end of the dowel, pierce a piece of fruit (I prefer oranges), knot the ends of the string or wire around the dowel ends, and hang the feeder outside in a conspicuous place.