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This section of the Inn is to help you create an effective bird feeding station which will attract
a host of delightful visitors. You'll find some recipes, tips, ideas and simple projects.
 
Bird Food Guide Bird Food Guide
A quick reference page focusing on some of the favourite foods of birds that visit backyard feeding stations.		 Junco Bread Junco Bread
Juncos will love this gourmet delicacy.		 Chickadee Pudding Chickadee Pudding
Chickadees and other birds will love this tasty treat.
           
Bush tits Yummy Suet
A home-made recipe that'll be a delight for your bird friends. Look how much the bushtits love it! 		Yummy Suet 2 Yummy Suet 2
Here's another suet recipe to try and it's best served in a pine cone. 		Birdseed Wreath Birdseed Wreath
Here's an easy project to make and hang outside for the birds.
           
Bird Bread Bird Bread
A different type of bird food recipe that you can stuff into a feeder like this one. 		Bark Butter Bark Butter NEW
This butter is full of delicious things that woodpeckers, chickadees and nuthatches will love. Just smear it on a log on your feeding station. 		   
           
Creating an Inviting Environment Creating an Inviting Environment
It can be simple and rewarding to create an inviting environment for your bird visitors. Here are some ideas. 		Suet Log Feeder Suet Log Feeder
This project makes a great looking feeder that can be stuffed with suet. 		Suet Block Feeders Suet Block Feeders NEW
Here's a little project to make a couple of feeders for suet blocks.
           
The Importance of Water The Importance of Water
Water is a major attractor of all sorts of birds and it's easy to set up some simple water sources.		 Protecting Your Hummingbird Feeder Protecting Your Hummingbird Feeder
If you live in an area that gets snow and hummingbirds, you might want to check out this simple idea. 		Natural Log Feeder Natural Log Feeder
Using an old log or branch as a feeder can gives you some effective photo opportunities.
           
Helping Out Nesting Birds Helping Out Nesting Birds
Placing cattails and grasses near your feeder provides nesting material for birds. 		Pine Cone Feeder Pine Cone Feeder
A simple pine cone stuffed with some home-made suet can attract a variety of birds.
Small Pond for Birds Small Pond for Birds
Birds love this a small pond with a little waterfall.
           
Photo Tips: Using Nature's Props Photo Tips: Using Nature's Props
Adding a few twigs and props can assist you in getting some super pictures. 		Attracting Birds for Photographs Attracting Birds for Photographs
Using some natural props and bribing with food helps in our quest for bird photos. 		Saving Berries for Winter Saving Berries for Winter
If you have access to a few berries in the fall your bird visitors will be very thankful when winter arrives and such food is scarce.
           
Nesting Material Project Nesting Material Project
Use a suet cake holder to make a container in which you can stuff nesting material for birds. 		Ice Cream Cone Feeder Project Ice Cream Cone Feeder Project
An ice cream cone is smothered with peanut butter and bird seed to make an interesting feeder.		 Bird Feeding Table Bird Feeding Table
This project requires some simple carpentry skills, but the end result is worth it.
           
Berry Feeder Berry Feeder NEW
This project makes an interesting feeder in which you can hang berries.		 Easyloader Tip Easyloader Tip
Here's an idea which makes filling suet log feeders a lot less messy. 		Suet and Berry Log Feeder Suet and Berry Log Feeder
This attractive feeder is designed to attract a variety of birds. NEW
           
Fruit and Suet Wooden Feeder Fruit and Suet Wooden Feeder
This feeder provides a place to mount fruit as well as a suet cage. NEW		 Simple Wooden Feeder Simple Wooden Feeder
This is an easy feeder to construct and hopefully make those berry-eating birds happy. NEW		 Wooden Berry Feeder Wooden Berry Feeder
This simple double berry feeder lets you hang a few bunches of berries for berry-loving birds. NEW
           
           
Tales From the Deck
Watertales Watertales
The importance of water at a bird feeding station is demonstrated in this collection of pictures.		 The Steller's Jay and its Peanuts Tales from the Deck: The Steller's Jay and its Peanuts
In this photo story a Steller's Jay drops by everyday and calls out for a treat.		 Tales from the Deck: Birds and their Berries Tales from the Deck: Birds and their Berries NEW
After saving a few berries in the freezer, birds dropped by to visit when food was scarce in the winter.
           
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