Birds of a different feather

Always interested to attract more interesting birds, we manufactured a homemade birdseed feeder by cutting small holes in the side of a plastic tub, filling with mixed seed feed, installing on a board nailed to a pine tree, and waiting. This is a tried and true method that works in Newfoundland (according to Janet's Dad, Mark Piercey), but not so here.

Days later, not a single bird had come to it, and not even the squirrels were much interested. We moved this feeder to different places - same result. Once a couple of Rufous-collared Sparrows nosed around, but didn't come back.







Our homemade feeder - a dismal failure.






What birds here like is FRUIT! Bananas are the favourite.




Blue-gray tanager at our banana bird feeder. Finishing nails in a plank with chunks of banana impaled on the nails. Birds eat them right down to the peel!