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    Homemade Bird Food: 26 Fun & Easy Recipes to Feed Backyard Birds
    Homemade Bird Food: 26 Fun & Easy Recipes to Feed Backyard Birds
    Homemade Bird Food: 26 Fun & Easy Recipes to Feed Backyard Birds
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    Homemade Bird Food: 26 Fun & Easy Recipes to Feed Backyard Birds

    By Adele Porter

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    Find Your Recipe for Bird Watching Success

    A few minutes in the kitchen can become hours of bird watching fun. Take birding to another level by creating unique dishes especially for backyard birds. Feed your favorite visitors the foods that they crave—fruit, nuts, seeds, and suet—but prepare them yourself! This creative cookbook by Adele Porter turns bird food into a banana split, cupcake, pie, and even tree ornaments. Each dish is perfect to tackle alone or with the whole family. Children especially will enjoy helping you put together these visually appealing treats. The ingredients are designed to attract up to 74 different bird species, from hummingbirds to orioles and even “hard-to-get” birds in your area.

    The beautifully designed, full-color book includes 26 recipes, along with tips on selecting the right ingredients for the right birds. A handy chart shows which types of birds dine on each dish, so you can make the best foods to attract the birds that you want to see. As an added bonus, you’ll find tips for cooking with kids, wildlife research projects, a bird-identification section, and more!

    See more birds with this fun and simple way to make bird watching even more interactive. Invite everybirdy to your yard with a banquet of nutritious, homemade foods.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdventure Publications
    Release dateApr 7, 2020
    ISBN9781647550301
    Homemade Bird Food: 26 Fun & Easy Recipes to Feed Backyard Birds

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      Homemade Bird Food - Adele Porter

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to Elizabeth, Byron and Rachael. Wamlati!

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      My sincere thanks to the countless volunteers who have contributed their time, energies and field data to breeding bird atlases, bird counts and other citizen science projects. The collaborative efforts of volunteers and wildlife professionals across North America, as well as globally important migratory wintering areas, provide vital information to the life histories and population status of birds. These resources have been imperative in the writing of the Wild About series of bird books.

      Carrol Henderson, Supervisor, Minnesota DNR Nongame Wildlife Program: Thank you for reviewing the book and sharing your knowledge of North American birds. Your input has been invaluable.

      Friends, the neighborhood gang, and the teachers and students who shared their ideas and support: Thank you for your incredible enthusiasm and imaginative input.

      Helen and John Scuffham’s Garden, Helen’s Gourd Creations: Thank you for providing/preparing the incredible gourds for the feeders and for sharing your creative talents.

      Cover and book design by Jonathan Norberg

      Photo credits by photographer and page number:

      Front cover photos: Banana Split, Happy Bird-day Cake, Sunflower Snack, Festive Outdoor Appetizers by Alan Stankevitz; appl-icious Crumble Pie by Jonathan Norberg

      Back cover photos: Banana Split and Double-dipped Cone by Alan Stankevitz, Red-headed Woodpecker by Stan Tekiela

      Jonathan Norberg: 9, 10 (cornmeal) Alan Stankevitz: 10 (sunflower chips), 11 (safflower), 27, 29, 31, 33, 34 (Summer Tanager), 35, 37, 39, 41, 42 (Brown Creeper), 43, 45, 46 (Summer Tanager), 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 79 (Brown Creeper), 77 (Zebra-striped suet-sicle), 82 (Summer Tanager) Stan Tekiela: 34 (House Wren), 58 (American Black Duck), 70 (Red-headed Woodpecker), 78 (American Black Duck), 80 (House Wren), 81 (Red-headed Woodpecker)

      The following Shutterstock images are by the photographers noted:

      Al Mueller: Black-capped Chickadee, pgs. 30, 32, 36, 48, 76, 80; nyjer seed, pg. 10; Alison Hancock: rooftop garden, pg. 12; Andre Bonn: Mallard, pgs. 58, 80; Arto Hakola: Mourning Dove, pgs. 26, 56, 64, 80; Bill Perry: Wood Duck, pgs. 58, 83; Bruce MacQueen: Wild Turkey, pg. 83; Bryan Eastham: Northern Bobwhite, pgs. 38, 81; cai: White-crowned Sparrow, pgs. 64, 83; Chesapeake Images: Purple Martin, pgs. 34, 81; Song Sparrow, pgs. 48, 82; CoolR: Ring-necked Pheasant, pgs. 38. 56, 82; D and D Photo Sudbury: Hairy Woodpecker, pgs. 32, 70, 80; Daniel Hebert: Cedar Waxwing, pg. 12; Dennis W Donohue: Cedar Waxwing, pgs. 46, 60, 79; Gray Jay, pgs. 46, 74, 80; Dmitry Rukhlenko: dried fruit, pg. 11; Doug Lemke: Downy Woodpecker, pgs. 36, 40, 52, 70, 72, 76, 79; Northern Cardinal, pgs. 40, 50, 60, 62, 81; Edwin Verin: Rock Pigeon, pgs. 56, 82; Elaine Davis: Blue Jay, pgs. 38, 44, 62, 68, 72, 79; FotoRequest: Red-breasted Nuthatch, pgs. 30, 72, 76, 81; Gerald Marella: Baltimore Oriole, pgs. 26, 44, 52, 54, 78; gregg williams: Purple Finch, pgs. 66, 81; Hanjo Hellmann: Wild Turkey, pgs. 38, 56; isabela66: corn, pg 11; Judy Kennamer: Northern Mockingbird, pgs. 50, 54, 68, 74, 81; Larisa Lofitskaya: page 24; LianeM: acorns, pg. 11; Limolida Design Studio: spiral art at top of pages; Martha Marks: Stellar's Jay, pgs. 50, 60, 82; Yellow-rumped Warbler, pgs. 28, 83; railand: peanuts, pg. 11; Richard Peterson: proso millet, pg. 11; Sergey Mironov: black oil sunflower seeds, pg. 10; Shawn Hempel: Canada Goose pgs. 58, 79; spaxiax: striped sunflower seeds, pg. 10; Steve Byland: American Goldfinch, pgs. 66, 78; American Robin, pgs 26, 44, 46, 50, 78; Chipping Sparrow, pgs. 42, 48, 79; Dark-eyed Junco, pgs. 34, 48, 79; Eastern Bluebird, pgs. 28, 42, 60, 79; Gray Catbird, pgs. 26, 44, 54, 80; House Finch, pgs. 30, 66, 80; Northern Flicker, pgs. 28, 68, 74, 81; Red-bellied Woodpecker, pgs. 54, 68, 70, 81; Ruby-throated Hummingbird, pgs. 52, 82; Tufted Titmouse, pgs. 32, 76, 82; Stubblefield Photography: Evening Grosbeak, pgs. 36, 40, 62, 80; Fox Sparrow, pgs. 64, 80; Rose-breasted Grosbeak, pgs. 30, 62, 74, 82; White-breasted Nuthatch, pgs. 28, 32, 36, 40, 52, 72, 82; White-throated Sparrow, pgs. 66, 83; Tony Campbell: Eastern Towhee, pgs. 64, 79; wrangler: Black-billed Magpie, pgs. 42, 78

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      Homemade Bird Food: 26 Fun & Easy Recipes to Feed Backyard Birds

      First Edition 2010 (entitled Cooking for the Birds), Second Edition 2020

      Copyright © 2010 and 2020 by Adele Porter

      Published by Adventure Publications

      An imprint of AdventureKEEN

      330 Garfield Street South

      Cambridge, Minnesota 55008

      (800) 678-7006

      www.adventurepublications.net

      All rights reserved

      Printed in China

      ISBN 978-1-59193-717-3 (pbk.)

      Table of Contents

      How to Use this Book

      Set the Table for Success

      Cooking Basics

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