Do you ever wonder how the birds are able to survive during the winter? Most species migrate south where its warmer during the cold winter months. There are a lot of birds that stay around in the winter like Cardinals, Finches and Sparrows. We had a bird that built her nest in the rafter above our porch. I never had the heart to get rid of her nest and I even made it easier for her by providing some seed for her. She stayed in the nest all winter and in the spring she usually laid eggs and was gone by summer. My family even named her Matilda, she just looked like a Matilda. Its December and I haven’t seen her yet this year. Im hoping she will come back to her little winter nest and stay a while. I hope everything is ok with her where ever she is. In the meantime I will provide some seed for the other birds in my garden and maybe lure Matilda back. As the saying goes “Its good luck when birds and butterflies grace your garden” . There are a lot of ways you can help the birdies along in the winter. You can fill bird feeders and bowls of water or you can make your own. I like to make my own feeders out of recycled material like toilet paper roles or bagels, bread and pinecones. As you know from my previous post I am a strong believer of recycling and reusing materials. There are a lot of ways to make recycled bird feeder and here are my favorite:
Toilet Paper Roll: Get the cardboard paper roll that your getting ready to throw away.
Tie a string or ribbon through it either through the ends or make two holes on one side.
Make the string or ribbon large enough so that you can hang from a tree branch.
You can either spread peanut butter on it or brush honey on it. You then roll it in a large bowl of wild bird seed make sure you reroll to get every cranny.
Bagel Feeder: Get a stale bagel and cut in half, spread peanut butter on cut side and dip in seed then tie string through bagel and hang on branch. The birds can eat seed then bread after seed is gone.
Pinecones: If you have pinecones laying around yard you can fill the crannies with peanut butter and spread on the outside then roll in seed. Tie a string or ribbon on top and hang. These are great craft ideals for the kids on snow days. It teaches them to care about wildlife and our planet by recycling.
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