When I was in college, my biology instructor, while showing us how to set live traps for small mammals, referred to peanut butter as "the universal bait." "You can catch anything from an elephant to a shrew with peanut butter," he stated. You probably won't have two many elephants or shrews coming in your yard if you offer peanut butter, but the woodpeckers, chickadees, and titmice will love you for it. You can make a simple peanut butter feeder by drilling shallow one-inch holes in a piece of scrap wood, filling them with peanut butter, and hanging it up near your feeders.
Mar 14, 2016 |
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Are Birds Attracted to Peanut Butter?
It may be a weird thing to feed birds, but peanut butter offers a great way to attract woodpeckers, titmice, and chickadees to your yard.
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Bill Thompson, III, was the team captain for Watching Backyard Birds from its inception 23 years ago through his death on March 25, 2019. So much of what he wrote is timeless and remains informative, helpful, and inspiring.
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