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Delicious Spring Bird Treats

Celebrate spring with your family by watching our feathered friends enjoy these delicious, home-made bird treats. They are very simple to make.


Pine Cone Treat

What you will need:

    Pine cones
    Smooth peanut butter
    Bird seed
    String

Attach a piece of string to the pine cone. Generously spread peanut butter over the entire cone and roll in bird seed.

Hang from a branch outside close to the house where the children can see the birds enjoying their treat.


If you don't have any pine cones nearby, try this one.

Bird Bowl Treat

What you will need:

    Empty orange, grapefruit or rockmelon (canteloupe) half
    String
    Peanut butter
    Bird seed
    Cornmeal
    Dried fruit
    Breadcrumbs

Make holes in fruit skins and tie on string.

Mix ingredients together. Fill fruit bowls with mixture. Hang outside on a branch or clothesline near window.


One last one ....

Bird Cookie Treat

What you will need:

    Bird seed
    String, ribbon or wool (yarn)
    Egg white
    Slices of bread

Cut out different shapes with the cookie cutters on the slices of bread. Make a hole in the top of each bread shape. Brush egg white over both sides of the bread and cover in bird seed. Press down. Let it dry thoroughly. Thread each cookie treat with string or ribbon and tie it to a tree branch. Let the birds enjoy.




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