Getting a closer look at your feeder birds, take two
After Sally asked for more clarification of my last entry, I decided it best to post a picture of our branch we have stationed outside our viewing window. A tornado went through our community several years ago and it broke off the top of one of our trees. The dead branch lay up there for two years before finally coming down this winter. We carelessly tossed it near the feeding station since that is close to where we keep our dumpster and the birds loved it so much we kept it there through the winter. When my clematis didn’t come up again out of its place in this old milk pail, we stuck the branch in there to make it easier to mow.
The milk pail is heavy and we filled it with dirt to make it more stable. This brings the birds up close to our window and provides them a measure of security while they wait for their turn at the feeders. It also seems to have cut down on the number of birds colliding with our windows.
birding, backyard birding, attracting birds, birds
July 12th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Oh! I love this milk jug idea! Thanks so much for sharing it!
July 12th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Thank you for stopping by! I am glad you found this helpful.