Bird Watching: So excited! Bluebird!, 0 by heyitsmejudy

heyitsmejudy wrote:
Yup.. .those buggers will crawl so you don't want to put 'em on anything flat.
They sell mealworm feeders that have a cup inside a house sort of thing (clear sides so you can see in) but I don't mind feeding mealworms to the birds that eat 'em in my yard (titmice, wrens, nuthatches, chickadees and, of course, bluebirds, so I just have the attached blue contraption. VERY inexpensive. I have it mounted to a shepard's hook... any bowl with about a couple inch side will work. I have a friend who just uses a butter bowl or dog dish... you don't want very big holes in it at all of they'll slide through... the worms are tiny! And at least in my backyard, the birds won't eat 'em if they get wet at all... they die when just the slightest bit of water hits 'em.