Make Your Own Suet Feeder

Your Bird Feeder

Great gift idea for the bird lover.

Surprise your friends and feed the birds with this Natural Bird Feeder Project. This is one of a series of 12 videos that inspires you to make heartfelt Christmas gifts this season. By using inexpensive materials, DIY Studio's Jessica Ramey challenges you to create fun, functional gifts that will be loved in the coming year. So break out your DIY skills and get to work!

Natural Bird Feeder Gift (12 Days of Christmas, DIY Studio)

Are Birds Dependent On Your Bird Feeder?

Your Bird Feeder

Very useful information. Birds enjoy our bird feeders, we help them survive, but they don't rely on the bird feeder alone.

Chances are good that readers of this column maintain a bird feeder. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates nearly a quarter of Americans feed the birds, a practice which has increased greatly in the past 20 years.

Birding: Birds know not to rely on feeders