[TN-Bird] Re: Feeding PB&J
- From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
- To: timrid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:37:52 EDT
In a message dated 6/1/2007 8:17:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
timrid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I am interested in feeding Peanut Butter & Jelly. What is the best way to
present it? I do put out peanut butter at times but it seems the only thing
it attracts is squirrels.
Good morning,
It depends in how energetic I feel that determines how I present the peanut
butter & jelly. The best way I've found is to spread an apple half with PB &
put it inside a suet feeder. If I am lazy I simply put a spreader-full of
PB in my WET hand (so it won't stick), roll it into a ball, and lay it on my
deck rail and flatten it out with my still wet hand. I also feed orange
halves which I impale on a nail driven into my deck rail. When birds (or
squirrels) have eaten the orange flesh, I put grape jelly into the empty
shell. I
have two nails. One is for a "full" orange half, and the other is for the
empty shell that I fill with the jelly. Sometimes, I fill an empty orange half
with the grape jelly and place it in the suet feeder. My suet feeder hangs
on one of the poles from which one hangs the usual tube-type bird feeders. I
just hang the suet feeder in the center between the crooks of the pole. It
just may take a while for your birds to find the food or realize how good it
is. I put all my chunks or strips of fat from cooked steaks, roasts or ham
in the suet feeder. They will also finish stripping any meat that is left on
roast, steak or chop bones, which, after they are stripped, I remove and put
in the garbage. The birds really love those treats!
When I call out "C'mon Boss," my "trained" mockingbirds come flying in. To
see them come to my call has really impressed some visiting birders who just
couldn't believe how quickly they would respond from across the street
(outside a view of the deck) and from neighboring yards. Often, when PB &
jelly
runs out, the mockingbirds come to my deck door where they perch outside or
fly
around "looking at me" to remind me that their food supply is gone. It works
for them. I immediately replenish their supply. Mockingbirds, cardinals,
starlings, chickadees and titmice all go "ape" over the peanut butter and
jelly. Of course, I also have squirrels who get the lion's share! My recent
brood of baby mockingbirds really fought those squirrels off in a ferocious
manner. Those little babies were truly fearless and brave! Although I have
none, I am told that tanagers and orioles LOVE grape jelly. Rarely, I have
had
catbirds come through, and they have partaken of both foods. For three
winters, I had a yellow-rumped warbler that came to my call and practically
lived on PB. It learned to come to my call very quickly.
Good luck. You'll just have to accept the fact that the squirrels are going
to eat most of it.
Dee Thompson
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