March 2011: Our Own Birdfeeder

We have been trying to feed the birds in our backyard for 2 years.  We bought a traditional bird feeder, filled it with seeds and waited.  Well we have had a variety of wildlife come calling - very few birds however - We have had racoons, armadillos and deer, but birds far and few.  So, this year we tried making our own.  We got a pine cone, covered it in peanut butter and rolled on bird seed - and you would not believe how great it was.  The only wildlife I saw trying to eat the seeds - were birds, next year we will make one for each tree.