Birds aren t picky about what holds their favorite food, especially during winter months. Using inexpensive materials you probably have on hand, you can make great feeders for birds and watch them enjoying the feast from your window.
Bird feeders don t have to be complicated.
The easiest way to feed the birds is to scatter stale bread in your yard. This will attract many birds to your yard, but you will also provide for squirrels and other wildlife. Of course, squirrels are fun to watch as well. An inexpensive feeder that will discourage squirrels can be made by tying a string on a pine cone, spreading the cone with peanut butter, then rolling it in birdseed and hanging it on a tree branch. You might also try threading a string through slices of bread or apple and hanging them from a tree.