Thistle Bird Feeder

Red-Breasted Nuthatches at a birdfeeder, mixing with Black-Capped and Chestnut-Backed Chickadees. This feeder is about 50 miles south of the Seattle Birdcam.

An AMAZING video of the American Goldfinch. Absolutely beautiful video. They love my finch sock. I see at least 10 American goldfinches on it each day. If you want to know if this finch sock works, IT DOES. I recommend buying it. A chipmunk came one day and its teeth ripped the sock and some of the seeds fell to the ground. I gave that chipmunk the scare its life when I trapped him in the gutter where he hides. He started croaking like a frog and barfed out all the seeds in his mouth. he had a handful of seeds. He keeps coming ever single day. I GIVE UP.

Birds and lovers of good design will flock to this award winning bird feeder! Manufactured from recyclable plastic, it can be mounted on any smooth window pane, thanks to an innovative double-sided suction cup. The carefully selected materials can cope with extreme temperatures as well as UV rays. It is designed for small birds and features a drainage hole at the base of the bowl. Design Pascal Charmolu © 2008 Copy: Rob Naylor Film: Mimbild AB – Klas Svensson Music: CentriFug produktion – David Levinsson

My son and I set up out new bird feeder in the back garden

Birds at my outside feeder, and my finch inside.

This is a fairly easy project for making a birdfeeder from a plastic milk jug or juice bottle. This can be used toward Tiger elective 32, Wolf achievement 5e, Wolf elective 13, Bear achievement 5b, or the Webelos Craftsman activity pin (which could also be helpful for completing the Naturalist activity pin). To make this, you will need a plastic milk jug or juice bottle, a drill, a utility knife (or a hobby knife or good scissors), a hot glue gun, a 5/8″ dowel (approximately 12″ long, depending on the size of the jug or bottle), and waterproof rope. Optionally, you will need permanent markers or waterproof paints to decorate the birdfeeder once you are done. Please check out my blog at scouterjon.blogspot.com for more Scouting tips.

This is a collection of footage of my birdfeeders in my garden. Filmed in late June 2007. I get lots of birds, mainly Sparrows, Starlings the odd Robin and a pesky Squirrel as you can see. The bird at 05:01 is a Sparrowhawk, the bird at 05:08 is a Wood Pigeon. Foodwise I put out peanuts, Sunflower hearts, wild bird seed and fat balls in a ball feeder. If you are not using a ball feeder then you need to remove the green nets as birds can get tangled in them. The Squirrel is a right pain as it quite often tries to knock the feeders onto the floor so it can eat the contents. I have even seen it do that and run off with a fat ball, the cheek of it !!! What wild birds do you get in your garden?

How to make a simple bird feeder! Materials: A plastic bottle(washed, cleaned, dried) with lid Utility knife Wooden or bamboo skewer Hot glue Tape(possibly, I didn’t use it Paper Towels or tissue paper String or Yarn Birdseed!!!