BIRD FOOD
Do you enjoy feeding birds? Here's are some tips and recipes that are healthy for our feathered friends
Humming Bird Nectar
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4 cups of water to a boil.
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1 cup of white granulated sugar.
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1/4 cup of mealworms (blended)
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Stir well until the sugar is dissolved.
Boil this mixture for 2 minutes to help prevent it from spoiling too rapidly.
Allow to thoroughly cool.
Pour into clean hummingbird feeders.
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Did you know you can blend a teaspoon of mealworms per cup of sugar water? It gives them extra protein for their long journeys. Blend 1/4 cup of mealworms with your sugar.
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Nectar can be refrigerated.
Feeders need to be changed every other day.
Song Bird's Suet Cakes
Enough for 3 cakes (double or triple recipe if you want several cakes)
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1/2 cup of sun flower seeds
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1/2 cup of raisins
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1/2 cup of peanut butter
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¾ cup of oatmeal
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1 1/4 cups of corn meal
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1 ¼ cups of flour
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1/2 tsp of salt
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½ cup of lard
Melt the lard in the microwave in 30 second bursts until it is completely liquified. (Lard can catch on fire it it develops a hot spot.)
Gently add water as needed. You want this to be a cookie dough consistency.
Add remaining ingredients.
Place in containers, freezer bags or a covered cookie sheet then freeze until hard.
When ready to use remove any plastics and place outside.
Recipe
More to come