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Suet Feeder for the Birds
Many birds need food high in fat. Peanut butter and shortening both have a lot of fat.
This is a fun activity to do with an adult.
Search the forest floor for a fallen tree branch about 75 100 mm in diameter (3 4 inches).
The branch should be about 60 cm (2 feet) long.
Materials needed:
- Branch
- Saw
- Wood glue
- Eye screw
- Peanut butter
- Twine or small rope
- Shortening
- Dowel 7 mm (1/4 inch)
- Wild bird mix
- Drill
- Drill bits - 25 mm (1 inch) and 7 mm (1/4 inch) bits
Directions:
Cut the fallen branch to about a 2 foot (60 cm) length.
Drill the 1 inch (25 mm) wide holes about 1/2 inch (13 mm) deep.
Place them around the branch on different sides.
You should be able to fit about six holes on the branch.
Drill a 1/4 inch (7 mm) hole 2 inches (5 cm) below the wide hole.
Cut dowel into 4 inch (11 cm) pieces.
Put wood glue in the small holes.
Hammer the dowel pieces into these holes for perches.
Screw the eye screw in the top of the branch.
Cut a piece of twine or rope and thread through the eye screw for hanging.
Mix one part peanut butter with one part shortening.
Add a wild bird seed mix.
Fill the large holes with this mixture.
Hang on a tree branch and watch the woodpeckers and other birds enjoy this treat.
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