![]() ![]() Next time, they’ll likely notice a little quicker. Because these were the first feeders we’d made this season, it did take the birds a while to realize we’d put food out for them. Update: It took a few days for the birds and squirrels to find our feeders, but when they did they picked them clean!Īpparently, if you don’t feed the birds regularly, they won’t know to stop at your place for a munch. Now we’ll just have to watch and see if the birds and squirrels find them! We’ll keep you posted. I’m happy to say that after a full day of really high winds, the feeders stayed in place. To keep them in place, and to prevent the high winds from blowing them away, I speared the bottom of each orange with a sturdy twig or branch. Today we headed outside with our bird feeders, and we scattered them throughout the gardens in our backyard. ![]() This item: My Eco Glass Mosaic Birds Cottage Bird Feeder, M447-200-O, 3.4 Ounce Capacity, Orange, 1 Piece. Now sprinkle a handful of your nut and berry mix into the cup and pat it into the base. FORUP Oriole Bird Feeder, Orange Fruit Oriole Feeder (3040) 21.99. This will firm up as it cools and provide a base for your bird-food to bind to, and keep it from falling out of the cup. Pour a tablespoon or two of the peanut butter/butter mixture into each cup. Then I melted about 1/4 cup of butter and 1/2 cup peanut butter together over low heat. Mixing the bird food with your bare hands is great fun too! The sound, the smell and the feel of the mix as you run your fingers through it makes for a wonderful sensory experience. My helper poured all of the ingredients into a shallow pan and gave them a good stir.ĭoesn’t this look good? Kinda makes you wish you were a bird, huh? To make our bird food, we used: How we made our bird feeders: Use whatever you happen to have in your cupboard, just as long as a bird or a squirrel can make a meal of it. Some empty orange cups and a variety of nuts, berries and seeds and grains. They’re too pretty to toss them in the composter, so we upcycle them into bird feeders! That way, they’ll add a pop of colour to our landscape, while providing a meal for the wildlife in our yard. We’ve been making fresh-squeezed OJ for breakfast this week, so we have an abundance of leftover orange cups at the moment. Today we’re making orange cup bird feeders using leftover orange halves and simple pantry ingredients. We may use a similar technique or similar ingredients, but the end result is always different, so we’ve made some really unique bird feeders over the years. Orioles tend to steal the show in the backyard at fruit bird feeders because of their bright colors, but other fruit eating birds like oranges, too. To keep things fun and interesting, we never make the same bird feeder twice. Courtesy Karen Osadchey Bullocks oriole eating an orange. The hooligans and I love making homemade bird feeders to help our neighbourhood birds and squirrels make it through the long winter season. ![]() 75+ Best Chapter Books for Girls Ages 5-13Įasy Orange Cup Bird Feeders to make with toddlers and preschoolers! Fill empty orange rinds with a few simple ingredients to make bird feeders for your garden.Best Books for Boys – 40+ Fantastic Reads for Boys ages 8-16.Happy Hooligans Accessibility Statement. ![]()
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