Update! I’ve just been told that I’ve made the string pieces inside of my bird feeder too long, that it can be dangerous for the birds. I just took my string bird feeder down until spring, but when I remake this next Spring, and when you make it next, please use short, tiny pieces of yarn that will be bird friendly. Thank you!
Oh! How I love the birds in my back yard. Lots of chickadees, cardinals, jays, titmouses (titmice?). Love them all. And we have bird feeders set up for them so we can watch them from the kitchen windows and when we are outside working and playing. This “feeder” though isn’t for their nourishment, as much as for them to build their nests with string and yard. Consider it a housewarming present for our feathered neighbors.
And the best part, it doesn’t get any easier.
You’ll just need yarn and string and a suet feeder.
I’m not a girl with a large pile of scrap fabric and string, so I picked up some pretty rolls of yarn to use, but really any scraps will work.
Start by cutting lengths of yarn from your rolls. Cut the pieces short. Longer pieces make it easier for birds to get tangled up, which isn’t what anyone wants. So shorter is better and safer for this project.
When you’re done cutting, put all the bits of string and yarn into the suet feeder. (I told you it was easy.)
And hang your String Feeder in the yard. Birds will find and use the string when they build their nests, so you can also start looking for bright yarn all around your neighborhood in Springtime bird nests.
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