I love to watch the birds flutter and prance around outside my office window. We even had snow this year, which is a rare occurrence in central Texas, and the red cardinals were extra bright against the white background.
One of my bird feeders looks like a house and has a platform between the two end feeding containers. Every once in a while one of my cats manages to jump onto the platform and crouch down. She gives herself away with her long bush tail that always seems to be flitting back and forth. She stays for a few minutes and leaves disappointed that no birds come to feast on the grain in the feeder.
I saw a feeder made from an old plastic shoe–crocs. The shoe was filled with birdseed and was secured in a tree–uum! Another good way to recycle stuff.
My kids like things that are a bit messy, so I’ll collect pinecones and tie strings around them that will be used to hang them on tree branches. With a spoon, peanut butter can be smeared on the cones, and then the extra fun part–roll the cones in birdseed. UUM! We may have to do some brainstorming on this part. The pinecones have sharp parts. The kids can help me come up with ideas. –Hey! Do you think that granny might be sneaking a bit of science inquiry into this fun activity. YEP! We might even keep a diary of the different birds we see eating from our newly crafted feeders.
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