For Christmas our nephew and neice (with some help from their mom, I’m sure) made us some pinecone bird feeders made by using peanut butter to stick birdseed to the pinecone. I hung them from a hanging plant and sure enough, the birds were interested.
The first visitor was a Carolina Wren who seemed to enjoy swinging back and forth on it between bites of seed. A little while later (after the light calmed down and made for better shooting) his smaller cousin, the Bewick’s Wren came by to enjoy some of the peanut buttered seed.
I love these kinds of simple homemade gifts. So do the birds.
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
Hi there James 🙂
I just discovered your blog after browsing the comments on the Nature Blog Network Poll. I too enjoy the creative outlet that is blogging.
Found it interesting to see your posting on the wren as I have just done so too. My wren is a little smaller being the Troglodytes species. It’s great to be able to see the differences 😀
Your wren photos are great. They can be really tricky to shoot as they like to dart around so much.
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