PUMPKINS FILLED WITH SEED OR SCRAPS CAN MAKE SUPERB BIRD FEEDERS

                                                                              

HERE'S an idea from the National Audubon Society - the American counterpart to our own RSPB!

It suggests that hollowed-out pumpkins can be used as bird feeders.

Materials:

• Small to medium sized pumpkin, up to 10 pounds

• Small sticks

• Twine or rope

• Birdseed
 
Steps:

1. Cut the pumpkin in half.

2. Scoop out the seeds, leaving a hollow inside with 1/2-inch thick shell wall.

3. Insert two sticks across the open pumpkin to create perches for the birds.

4. Knot two lengths of rope together at the centre and tack the knot to the bottom of the pumpkin feeder. Hang the other ends of the rope in your chosen feeder location.
 
5. Fill with birdseed. 

* The image, courtesy of Linda Goodman/ National Audubon Society, depicts  evening grosbeaks

More info (and a video) at:

https://www.audubon.org/news/pumpkin-bird-feeder-makes-happy-harvest-birds