So many of our fine feathered friends have joined us again!
Here is an easy activity that is engaging, fun and can lead to the skill of observations!
3 easy steps, a few household items and boom! Bird feeder!
Here is an easy activity that is engaging, fun and can lead to the skill of observations!
3 easy steps, a few household items and boom! Bird feeder!
Making the Bird Feeder
Materials:
Step 1: Slather your Pine Cone or toilet paper roll in the nut butter or alternative. The Pine Cone will take a bit more doing, careful to get it in the nooks and crannies. Step 2: Roll your toilet roll or Pine Cone into your seed mixture. Apply some pressure as you roll and the seeds will stick, shake off the extra. Step 3: Attach the jute or twine securely to the upper scales o the Pine Cone, around and under and you can make a hanging loop. For the toilet roll you can attach string later or place directly onto a branch, Step 4: Place your bird feeder in a tree either in your yard or somewhere close by where you can observe the changes to the feeder over the next few days. Step 5: Observations Step 6: Remove and recycle the bird feeder when no longer in use. |
Observations: Things you can see or detect with your eyes.
Potentially: Changes to quality of bird feeder Changes to bird feeder Birds visiting Log: You can keep a log with illustrations of observations. What birds did you see? Can you identify them? Squirrels? What birds are in your area this time of year? Extension: Pine Cones, what type of tree produced your pine cone and what is a pine cone? What are the parts of a pine cone? |