Trying to get started cheaply in bird feeders?
Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at
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The metal tube will probably work eventually. It takes awhile for birds to find anew feeder. I don’t know if the metal would be a problem……usually I have some clear plastic tube so othey can see it, a tray so they can throw it around (or so it seems) or a thistle bag. Don’t forget to have open water for them to drink!
Here’s some help:
With black-oil sunflower seed – goldfinches, woodpeckers, titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, redpolls, pine siskins, cardinals, crossbills, white-throated sparrow, white-crowned sparrows, jays, purple finches, house finches
With safflower seed – chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, finches, cardinals, grosbeaks
With mixed seed – doves, Carolina wrens, thrashers, cardinals, sparrows, juncos, goldfinches, woodpeckers, titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, white-throated sparrows, white crowned sparrows, jays, purple finches
my kids used to make bird feeders from empty milk cartons & hang them in the trees.
I take a spatula of peanut butter slapp it on a tree trunk then press bird seed (sunflower, cracked corn, millet, milo) in it the birds love it
Every spring and winter we collect pine cones, coat them in a little peanut butter, and then roll them in a pie pan filled with bird seed. We hang them in the same trees every time because the birds are smart enough to remember where to look for them again and again. We also use 2 liter soda bottles that are turned upside down and attached to pie pans.
The time of year to put out your feeders really depends on what type of climate you live in and what type of migratory pattern you notice during the year. There are times when our entire front yard will be covered with birds because they are "traveling" and I like to make sure there is extra seed put out for them. They are generous in helping to control some of the mosquitoe population so I like to reward them and give them incentive to revisit my yard.
Go to the dollar general and they have bird feeders for $1.00