Jerry Baker's Backyard Bird Feeding Bonanza : 1,487 Tips, Tricks, and Treats for Attracting Your Fine-Feathered Friends

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• ISBN13: 9780922433575
• ISBN10: 0922433577
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2006-09-01
• Publisher: Amer Master Products

Summary

Turning a boring backyard into a lively bird sanctuary is cheap and easy with the 93 homemade birdseed recipes featured in this valuable guide. Packed with almost 1,500 tricks and treats, this handbook reveals how to attract specific speciesorioles go gaga for grape jelly, bluebirds flock to mealworms, and woodpeckers arrive in droves for corn breadand ensure that they'll keep coming back for more. By using inexpensive materials and standard household items, bird enthusiasts can create creative tube feeders, a varmint-vanishing sauce, and a crowd-pleasing birdseed without breaking the bank. Seasonal suggestions for enticing birds year round and instructions for 24 fun and easy do-it-yourself projects are also provided along with 62 full-color bird profiles.

Author Biography

Jerry Baker is the author of more than 50 books, including Jerry Baker's Flower Garden Problem Solver, Jerry Baker's Green Grass Magic, Jerry Baker's Old Time Gardening Wisdom, and Plants Are Like People. His radio show, On the Garden Line®, is syndicated nationwide, and his gardening specials have been televised on PBS. He lives in New Hudson, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Cheepers' Keepers	1	(20)
Good for You	2	(3)
Good for Your Garden	5	(2)
First-Time Feeders	7	(5)
Four-Season Feeding	12	(9)
Menu Mainstays	21	(30)
Superior Sunflowers	22	(13)
Miracle Millet	35	(7)
Budget Stretchers	42	(3)
Feeder Free-for-All	45	(6)
Seed-Eater Specialties	51	(33)
Finches to the Feast	52	(2)
Never-Fail Niger	54	(2)
More Tiny Treasures	56	(6)
Starting Out with Specialty Seeds	62	(6)
Marvelous Mixes	68	(3)
Finch-Friendly Feeders	71	(13)
Plain & Fancy Fats	84	(40)
Super-Simple Suet	85	(17)
Simplest Suet Tweets	102	(4)
Ever-Popular Peanut Butter	106	(6)
High-Calorie Helpers	112	(4)
Cooking for a Crowd	116	(8)
Nuttin' but Nuts	124	(24)
The Big Bang	125	(5)
Thrifty Feeding	130	(5)
Bargain Buys	135	(13)
Sweets for the Tweets	148	(29)
Surefire Sugar Water	149	(3)
Nectar Know-How	152	(8)
Jamming with Jelly	160	(4)
Fruits for the Feathered	164	(6)
Calling All Fruit Eaters!	170	(7)
Do-Si-Dough	177	(28)
Golden Grains	178	(3)
The Staff of Life	181	(2)
From Breadbox to Bird Feeder	183	(6)
Pantry Possibilities	189	(6)
Home Cooking	195	(1)
Serve-It-Up Secrets	196	(9)
Extra Enticements	205	(20)
Irresistible Insects	206	(5)
Rustle Up Some Grubs	211	(7)
Insect-Enriched Treats	218	(2)
Mineral Musts	220	(5)
The Old Watering Hole	225	(13)
Sip and Splash	226	(5)
Water Habits	231	(3)
Water for All Seasons	234	(4)
Vamoose, You Varmints!	238	(15)
Wearing Out Their Welcome	239	(6)
Birdseed Bandits	245	(4)
Predator Protection	249	(4)
Oh, Give Me a Home	253	(26)
Top Ten Tenants	254	(16)
The Dastardly Duo	270	(4)
Best Birdhouses on the Block	274	(5)
Feathering the Nest	279	(23)
Sweetening the Deal	280	(8)
Back to Basics	288	(6)
Holders for the Heist	294	(8)
Mighty Fine Station Design	302	(22)
Functional Feeding Stations	303	(7)
Installation Insights	310	(6)
Prettify the Practical	316	(4)
Second-Story Solutions	320	(4)
Sources	324	(5)
Favorite Backyard Birds	329	(32)
Index	361