Thinking this may be a fun project to do with the grandson.
Take an orange, cut it in half and scope out the flesh.
Punch two holes, one opposite sides, about 1/2 inch down from the top. .
Punch two holes, one opposite sides, about 1/2 inch down from the top. .
Put some peanut butter in a bowl and mix in bird seed.
Thread twine (I used thin ribbon be cause I had it) through the holes. Fill the oranges with the birdseed mixture and gather the ends of the twine or ribbon together and knot it.
Hang from a bush or tree branch close to a window
so you can see the birds arrive for breakfast.
so you can see the birds arrive for breakfast.
However, after taking the photo of the orange bird feeders hanging on a branch of one of my azaleas, I decided to attach them to a wrought iron piece I have in my garden...just in case my visitors had fur instead of feathers. I didn't want the weight of a fuzzy friend to break the branches on the bush
And it took less than 10 minutes for the first visitor to arrive.
I didn't see a feathered friend all day.
I didn't see a feathered friend all day.
This is a genius idea! Thank you for sharing!! I really want to do this!
ReplyDeleteThat last one was me. :)
ReplyDeleteYou might need to note natural peanut butter, Jif and the like have ingredients that could be harmful to the wildlife.
ReplyDeleteOrange rinds - lovely idea!
Such a simple idea - I will love to try this as I am an avid bird feeder. I too will probably mostly get squirrels, but they need to eat too.
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