Bird Watching: Best Berries for Birds?? Any thoughts?, 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:
Hi, Birdsters,

Yes, it's that time of the winter when I get around to creating my own bird food concoctions.

And I would like to know which fruits and berries work for YOU (to attract the birds) the best? And how do you 'serve' them up to the birds (like recipes for berry-seed cakes)?

And which fruits attract which birds in your yarden, that is.

I have googled and found many sites that talk about berries (blueberries, poison ivy berries, etc.) and fruits (such as apples and oranges), but I would like to know about your personal experiences especially.

(I haven't had much luck with fruits in my feeders. Can you tell?)

Anyway, here's a list of berries for birds that I found on the internet to get started: http://www.rlrouse.com/berries-for-birds.html

And do you think any of the berry cakes in this link work: http://www.bird-house-bath.com/fruit-bird-food.html

And do you know of a good online resource to buy dried berries/cherries (and even nuts) at a discount? In bulk, perhaps?

I would love to hear about any of your observations! Thanks. t.

p.s. a picture of my birdfeeding operation for 2008/9. Of course, no birds around when I took the pic!