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Easy to Make Wild Bird Food Recipes

Learn how to save money on wild bird food.
Discover how to attract a wider variety of wild birds.
Teach your kids about nature!

Learn how to attract more wild birds - while saving hundreds of dollars and have fun doing so with our “Easy to Make Homemade Bird Food Recipes and Bird Feeding Tips”.

We have used these homemade bird food recipes to attract wild birds that had never visited our feeders before and you can too! Whether you have had bird feeders in your yard for years or you are just hanging your first one, these homemade wild bird food recipes will help you attract more wild birds.

Along with more than 30 recipes are included many backyard bird feeding tips…

A list of common pantry foods that wild birds will eagerly eat.
Detailed information on why you may be wasting your money on “mixed bags of bird seed”.
What is rendered suet and how you can make it yourself.
Ideas for feeding fruit that has gone a little past ripe, to birds.
Nectar recipes for attracting hummingbirds.
Secrets for attracting orioles.
Detailed descriptions of bird feeders.

We have also included six great do-it-yourself bird feeder projects!

These projects are a great way to get your kids involved in bird watching. You will be astonished at how eagerly your children will rush to see what birds are eating from a bird feeder that they helped make. Just Share Your Bird Food Recipe. If we publish it, you will receive a copy for free!

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If you have a wild bird food recipe that works well for you why not share it? Backyard birders are always looking for new and economical bird foods to attract wild birds to their feeders. We would love to hear from you!

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raisin oak cake
Ingredients:
1 cup raisins
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup uncooked oatmeal
1/2 cup lard (unsalted)
1 cup skim milk
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup flour

Directions:...

Peanut Butter Suet Not rated yet
2 cups crunchy peanut butter
2 cups lard (no substitutions)
4 cups cornmeal
4 cups quick oats
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar

Melt peanut butter and lard ...

Bacon Fat Misc. Not rated yet
I collect all leftover misc. seeds e.g. sunflower seeds and seed mix and combine this with semi-heated bacon fat and oatmeal. I add enough oatmeal to be ...

No Melt, All Season, Peanut Butter, Suet Recipe Not rated yet
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
2 cups (quick cook) oats
2 cups cornmeal
1 cup lard (no substitutions)
1 cup white flour

Melt the lard and peanut butter,...

Starlings Be Gone Not rated yet
You can use either of the lists of ingredients to make the final product, which can be used if you have problems with starlings:

List 1:
2 parts ...

They Love It Suet Not rated yet
Ingredients:

1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup bacon grease
2 cups quick cooking oats
2 cups cornmeal
1/3 (or a little more if you like)sugar or ...

A Pinch of This and That Not rated yet
Ingredients:

2 cup shortening (melted)
1 cup peanut butter (chunky)
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup quality hull-less birdseed

And add a pinch of this and ...

Log Feeder Bird Treat Not rated yet
When using a log feeder, why not try this neat treat that birds love, consisting of:

· 5 parts oatmeal
· 1 part corn syrup
· 1 part peanut butter
...

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