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MacBeth
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Posted: Jan 27 2006 at 4:35pm \| IP Logged

I was just reading a reading a recipe for bird treats that includes equal amounts of peanut butter and lard, melted and re-hardened with "dry" ingredients. Anyone have anything she must add to the mix to attract the birds? I like to add blueberries.

What do you add?

(A very large hawk landed in the tree across the street this afternoon. The sudden change in bird behavior was startling! Even the woodpeckers were still-as-stone until the hawk flew off. I hope I am not attracting birds just to feed a hungry hawk!)

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Posted: Jan 27 2006 at 4:47pm \| IP Logged

MacBeth,
I just read, recently, that you should add grape jelly to that mix in order to attract orioles !!!

How about cracked corn as well.

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Posted: Jan 27 2006 at 4:55pm \| IP Logged

MacBeth-
Blueberries sound really neat. What eats them in your yard? I know bluebirds like fruit, but we have little chance of those here. What else?

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Posted: Jan 27 2006 at 5:09pm \| IP Logged

.....should have mentioned.....Clara is reading Make Your Own Bird-Houses and Feeders and it really is a great book for getting kids started with birding. Suggestions for bird food includes grapes, apples, bananas, and melon rinds. Raisins can be used if they are first chopped up and then softened in warm water.

Sounds like some birds are eating rather well.

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