How do i make a wild bird feeder for the birds?

Question

my kids want to put up some feeders for the winter...... can we use slices of sawn up log, and what mixes do we put into it ??? thanks xx

Answer 1

Hopefully the following site will be of help.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/makeanddo/activities/birdfeeder.asp?step=1

If it doesn't come up - all I did was google "How to make a birdfeeder".

Good luck.

Answer 2

Birds will eat from the above feeders quickly. When the kids have tired from redoing feeders, take clay saucer and fill with seed. Put it where the kids can see from window.
Feeding the birds is something you should do all winter if you start. They rely on having food at your house.
If you want to keep squirrels out of seed somewhat, don't buy the kind with corn in it.

Answer 3

Smear peanut butter on pine cones and then role them in bird seed. You can hang them in the tree with string. You could also take a 2 liter pop bottle, cut small pea sized holes in it about 1 inch from the top and fill it with seed. Then drill a hole the size of the pop bottle's cap in a piece of wood. Put another piece of wood along one edge to make an L laying on its side. Then nail it to a tree. Lastly insert the upside down bottle into the hole. If it won't stay upright you can put a hole in both sides of the board and two small holes through the bottom of the bottle and string a wire through the holes to hold it in place.

Answer 4

Actually a really easy bird feeder for kids is pine cones. Attach some heavy string or wire to the top of the pine cone. Spread peanut butter on them and roll them in bird seed and hang them up.

Answer 5

cut a coconut in halve drill hole for the cord tie knot in the end hang in tree off the ground high out off the reach off cats allso get some wire netting of 1/4 inch holes and wrap the wire round a milk bott or eccuvulent about 10 inch long put a plastic bottle on the bottom (cut it about 2 inch and make sure it is scure if you cut the wire in such a way that you can fold the edges of the wire into the opposite edge youwill get a good fastening good luck i have been doing this for years with grate results (blue **** black caps and all the rest good fun eric john

Answer 6

just stick with thistle or Nyjer seed (same seed, different names)for finches and the black oil sunflower seeds for other song birds like cardinals, sparrows, grosbeaks, finches also eat them..... if you start putting the corn mixtures out you will get birds you don't want there like Blue-jays(they are bully's and will not let anything else eat) and pigeons(they are dirty). be selective about who you are feeding and you will have a nice selection of pretty, well behaved, songbirds.. A tray with sides mounted to a post works well too as a feeder.Just place food on top.and the finches like to cling to hanging "sock feeders".. Make sure to provide water for them also, they need to drink too..... And place the feeder outside of a convenient window to see them for better viewing.......Enjoy the birds with your children!

Answer 7

a simple one is some lard melted into a saucepan (not boiled!) then add nuts and seeds to it and stir it into a mixture. Once it has formed together into a lumpy consistency and cooled down a little, tare up some silver foil, and put a dollop into the middle. Mould the silver foit around it to form a ball then put it in the freezer to cool.

Thread a piece of string through it with a button on the end and then hang it in the tree (of you need to peel off the silver foil first!)

Answer 8

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