Show Us Your Feeders, Vol. #13

dahlianut,
Your shed is so quaint! The honeysuckle is gorgeous. It looks like it came out of a magazine.
Helen

Hi Dahlianut--
Those birds are as bad as us when it comes to personalities--
most get along-- then you get one and it riles everyone--
maybe it is the food quantity-- you probably have the best place around

Your shed is gorgeous, rustic -- so appealing-
love the flowers and setting - MORE pictures please.
I love those buildings.
My cow-kissing uncle's cabin in upper mid-west

TAA! DAA! I think they turned out pretty good ^_^

I took some pics of my bird areas today. This is the arbour where I have moved the suet cage. It was hanging on the hook with the open feeder but this arbour is closer to my office so I'm hoping to get some pics.

This is what I call the open feeder but it isn't really as it has a roof. The seed heads in the foreground are in my herb bed. I let the herbs go to seed for the birds in the fall.

Why the open feeder needs a roof

This is my hummer feeder which is down now. The hummer migrate through between Mothers Day and Fathers Day. The bath in the background is the robins bath. It's full of blossoms in this pic.

I am loving this thread with the recipes and other ideas for feeding the feathered ones! Also love the potting shed and cabin...makes me want to get mine spruced up for next spring.

Dahlianut...your suet looks good enough to eat and I love your set up! That Hummer feeder is sure in a nice spot too!!

This didn't start out as a feeder..it was just a decoration I had in the garden. I decided to put some bird seed in the little cups and the birds really like it!

another shot

This is my finch feeder now brrrrrr. The odd long flat cut where I took out a branch is where I am putting a ceramic leaf for a flutterby puddle.

This is how the finch feeder looks in the summer when the tree is in leaf. The bath on the right is used by the smaller birds in the garden.

dellrose that looks great!

Dahlianut, Your place looks great.
First of all nice suet cupcakes-- what's in them?
Nice large planters, lovely winter setting and I
have gargoyles too. Its bird heaven, I also leave
herbs and flowers for the winter. Great job, hope
you'll have pictures of happy birds eating cupcakes soon.

Dellrose, that's a great picture of 3 birds on the cool froggy. A photo contestant in the making.

In my suet muffins (teehee DH thought they were going to be muffins when I was making them) there is lard, corn flour, peanut butter, millet, assorted nuts and dried fruit.

What kind of dried fruit??

Raisins, apples, dates, currants from a trail mix I have. I have never worried about fruit before because I usually have currents and cherries and berries from the cottonyaster and mayday in the garden but this year nothing dried. Early hard freeze and they dropped :O The mountain ash is holding its berries though.

dahlianut, I don't have fruit left on shrubs or trees either, from same early freeze as you. If the Cedar Waxwings ever fly over I don't think they will stop. I am not putting much feed out right now, just nyjer seed in the upsidedown feeder for the Goldfinches and scattering chicken scratch in driveway for quail, as I am trying to discourage the hundreds of house sparrows.

Donna

Sorry to hear you got it too Donna.

Who's got a cute feeder to start a new thread?

I don't have a 'cute' feeder-- but I have tacos
filled them up with your favorite suet/seed
recipe and add some melted lard/suet/crisco over
them to make that real greasy taco everyone loves
and pop it into the suet box and its south of de border
gourmet delight.
See just add vultures (bushtits) amigos and ole!
Hey where's the salsa.

yummy

dirt - I love your pictures of the suit feeder. Very functional and creative with the sticks.
I noticed its been very cold in W.WA lately. I know the birds love the grease!!
Note my suet recipe earlier in this thread. The birds love it and I put the seeds in another feeder nearby.
Also I use to go to the Longacres Racetrack in Renton many years ago. Raced many horses there. Its gone now, I know.
Helen

g'Morning Helenchild. Longacres -- been quite a while and
when it was closed -- there was some behind
the door shenigans over that--- You can still see
the outline of the track on Google Maps. Did you have
success on that track? I wasn't into that sport but some
of my buddies were (are-- Auburn track).

I had this contraption up for 3 years now-- no squirrels-
love it-- the base has a 4' chimney stack around the base.
An old dry 4"X4" was used for the column-- its easier to drill
and bore through than a new green one.

Love your suet recipe and will make some over and in empty
paper rolls and stick those on some of the short ends of those branches
and weather has improved (40's) and is the wonderful dreary gray
we all love up here. Have a great day.

Ah yes, I loved the dreary gray and the misty moisty rainy days. My favorite in WA was the clouds.... always changing always beautiful.
Helen

LUV the taco idea dirt! Thanks.

I want to try your taco method, too, Dirt. What fun! ( I have bushtit envy.) Helen, I will use your suet recipe for it, too. What do you use for shortening?

I have been meaning to show the feeder I got at Sam's club last spring.......very pretty but doesn't work! The holes at the bottom seem to be big enough,, but the seed just doesn't feed down. After the holiday rush, I will try to get my handy DS or DS-in law to enlarge the holes to see if that will work better.

Happy holidays to all!!

PNW - I use the cheap shortening - usually grocery store brand. It is mostly vegetable but does have some animal grease too if you read the label. I also get the big generic/store brand jars of crunchy PB. Finding the unadulterated corn meal has been my biggest challenge. Most corn meal is 'self rising' and not what you want for the mix.
If anyone does mix my stuff up I would enjoy a picture of it in their feeder. :-)
Helen

I did your base Helen but added stuff. It's going into the suet feeder when I get home (cricket suet was still being worked on when I left). I'll post a pic for sure.

There's a snow storm brewing outside today (12/19) in VA, but that doesn't stop this beautiful male cardinal from visiting. Photo is not that sharp since it is taken through a window, however, I don't think anyone can miss the beautiful bright red plumage of the male cardinal. There's a suet feeder to the right. Snug

Luvly in the snowfulness! Thanks for sharing Snug_as_Bug_Rug. ps totally fabby DG name BTW ^_^

Snug,
Your birds could use some suet. All the news is about the heavy snows you have been getting. And other areas in the East. Atlanta missed the snow but it has been a cold rainy day. My gosh, it must be winter.
I have been sick and busy this past week and my suet feeder ran out for several days. When I filled it and rehung it this morning a nuthatch landed on the feeder within seconds. And when I closed the porch door behind me 5 blue birds flew from the near by tree and landed for a meal. I guess they were hungry. I was glad I could oblige them.
Helen

So sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well Helen :(

Thanks dahlianut. I am on the mend now. ^_^

Helen, I am going to try and make your suet after Christmas.

Marna, it just so happens that I do have a cute photo (well, basic feeder, but cute birds in the snow!), so I thought I'd start a new thread. :-)

I love love the suet tacos! I need to refill my peanut butter log and get some good photos of birds on it.

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