Great video Kate😊 It is a cold 17 degrees today here in New Hampshire USA. My birds are enjoying all the treats I put out for them especially the mealworms for the bluebirds. And at 7:30 a.m. the 7 male wild turkeys went wandering through my back woods. They are a nuisance and I don’t feed them. I love that goose of yours and how she followed you up the ramp😊 Stay warm💕
Hi Kate I thought I would give you a laugh . After watching your film I duly found pine cones, peanut butter and seed, made the feeders and hung them up. Imagine my amusement this morning when two extremely cheeky squirrels scaled the feeders and scampered up the nearest tree complete with two feeders in tow in their mouths😂😂 squirrels 1 me 0 xx
Thank you for so such a lovely video. I am filled with lovely memories (instead of the usual intrusive thoughts I battle) of a peaceful time in childhood. Feeding & watching birds always puts me in mind of my own mother, who loved nothing more than nurturing the garden biome. ❤❤❤
Thankyou. Seeing your bone handled knife on your table flashed me back to my childhood and my Nana . She had a set of them. She taught me how to butter my own toast . She used them for everything , including as a screwdriver in a hurry. Love your video. First time to your channel 😊
Oh, Kate! I did so love this video!!!!!! I am a birder, I am a quilt maker and I am retired. I live in Monterey, California where our coldest temperatures rarely hit freezing. We have many species of birds that winter here or pass through our location on their Pacific Flyway heading south. We have a large property bordered at the back by a greenbelt at the top of a shallow canyon with a creek running through it. The back yard of our property was designed by us as a "bird park". Lots of landscaping for shelter and food, a koi pond with waterfall for larger birds that like to "shower" in the waterfall, and suet and seed feeders everywhere. My sewing room is a classed-in "solarium" at the end of our master bedroom overlooking the back yard. This is my Happy Place. I sit here on my lime green sofa almost daily making quilts and watching the birds and TH-cam. I so love both of your channels. Thank you for both of them,. And special thanks for taking good care of your birds.
Like the over head view that's a long walk to the pond What?? NO snow LOL we are very cold and have lots of snow and unfortunately winds. We are so bless we have power, no ice and some days of sun. Thanks for your interesting visit. Anita Canada 🇨🇦
We love to feed our birds, feed them now & enjoy their lovely singing later. Here is cementropolis, people are more worried about weeds in their grass, than in nature. We do what we can here at our house.
Ha watching you getting. The. Food ready. For the birds. Buuut over your left shoulder I can see birds comeing and. Going eating. From your. Tube. Feeder. How sweet is that xxxx
It snowing here in southeastern Pennsylvania. We placed our Christmas tree outside and had mixed peanut butter and bird seeds and smeared them on the branches. The birds are loving it because they can hide in the branches and eat safely from any predators like hawks.
I’m next door to you and It sucks here in Pennsylvania! Now it’s nearly single digit temps and at least 5 “ on crappy snow on the ground! God knows I hate it so much!
@@mike1968442 Hang in there, it'll get better. Spring is coming. Hold on to that thought. Curl up with a hot drink and a warm blanket, and a kitty or dog if you have one, and breathe while thinking about spring.
Love the birdfeeders but the best bit was Eileen trotting along behind you like the Pied Piper..... 🤣 It is cold out and the storms - oh my! I'm sure the birds are emptying those feeders really fast! Thank you for sharing! xx
This was so timely. Our bird-feeding neighbor recently passed away and I've been worried about all the birds she fed. I feed some, but this has inspired me to feed more, and differently. Thank you, Kate.
❤ que hermoso ; los animalitos son la mejor compañía que se puede tener ; no engañan , no mienten , no exigen ; solo nos dan compañìa y afecto , son solo amor 🥰
One year I had my 4-H kids make the pine cone feeders and have pine trees around us so no problem making a lot. What was left over I put in a plastic grocery bag. While we were away our golden retriever found the bag and ate the pine cones with the peanut butter 😂. Of course she ended up throwing it all up and was fine😄
Love the Bird Video so much and the pond. cabin and garden walk ways and especially showing the actual birds; as I am not allowed to feed birds from the balcony of my beautiful condo, which I do enjoy very much along with the big old Ash tree plunked right in front of my balcony, not the same as bird feeders right in front of your face. Thanks so much, Mary Ann, Chicago.
My brother used to love to feed the birds in the wintertime. He couldn't get out much the last couple of years of his life, so he wasn't able to feed them. He had a pair of red wing blackbirds that would come every year and build a nest. He would be so excited to see them every spring.
What a wonderful video ❤ Funnily enough, I was just about to give away a box of these large pine cones, but I'm going to keep a couple now and cover them with peanut butter and crushed nuts. Thank you!
Love seeing you feed the birds, Kate. My husband and I feed the birds here, in Canada, as well. We’re warming up a bit, but still seeing -16 in B.C. We feed them twice a day, and started with little birds, then the larger doves came, and now we have nearly 40 quail on our deck each morning, looking in the patio doors to hurry us along. By mid-afternoon, our wee yard looks like a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, ‘the birds’. Fun to watch them all enjoying themselves, though. Aileen is adorable! Stay warm!🥰
We love to feed the birds too. We moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia over a year ago. We are still getting used to the variety of birds that come to our feeders. There are many similar birds, but no cardinals.
We love feeding our birds winter, spring, summer and fall. We have mourning doves that have nested outside the dining room window on my metal flower garden raised up to the bottom of the window. Nature is lovely and we owe it to Mother Earth to be the best caretakers we can be. x's from NM, USA
We have a starling murmaration every evening at about 4.15 for 20 minutes over my garden. It is fascinating to watch how they all fly in perfect synchronised flight and then all roost in the trees over the back at exactly the same time.
I've been feeding the birds with my dad my whole life & I use to make pinecone bird feeders like that with all the kids i use to mind over the years, it was always a big hit! P.S. i have a ceramic christmas tree ornament that looks exactly like the birds that landed on the pinecone after you hung it up. I got a chuckle out of that!😂
My granddaughters and I made the pinecone feeders one time. They had so much fun. I hung the one I made in my back patio tree. When the girls left and my husband came home we went to the window to see the pinecone feeder. We looked out just in time to see the squirrel bite the string in half and run off with whe whole pinecone. Peanutbutter seeds and all 😂
We used to make birdfeeders with the children at the school where I worked (the favourite after-school club was wildlife club!). We just used yogurt pots, upturned, full of fat and seeds. The children would bring them in, and, like you, we would fill cones too. Then we'd hang them around the wildlife garden. One or two years, a crow came who had learned how to manipulate the string up so that he could rest the containers on their sides and eat the contents without having to hang upside-down! Clever birds, crows!
I loved)e watching your birds at the feeders. Here on the north section of Vancouver Island, Canada, we are in a fairly remote area and lots of wildlife. I had many feeders out on our property the first couple of years we lived here but found it was a fruitless effort as the bears kept getting in and would not only eat all the seeds, etc. but destroy the feeders in the process! We have a fence and an electric wire to keep the Elk away, but the bears just push it all down and seem not to notice any shock from the wire (It isn't a heavy shock, just enough to annoy the Elk, who will eat everything, and I do mean everything! We have to make sure all our fruit trees are picked in the Autumn, again, to keep the bear from getting it all. We don't mind sharing but they do not know about sharing so take it all if they can:-)
Love our birds also - Blue Jay's, Juncos, Cardinals, Sparrows, Woodpeckers, Doves & of course Crows & Wild Turkeys. Gets me out on cold days to fill feeders (in Ontario - brrrr!)
Thank you, this advice has been so useful. We have a roamwild bird feeder that needs rejuvenating because we mistakenly put in bird feed that had mealworms. In the meantime we’ve ordered another so we’ll have two 😅 But we also have problems with crows and rooks, so your advice about hanging feed closer to the house is perfect. Thank you ❤
Love to see your Garden even in Winter. You must not have squirrels???? They would love your Peanuts, apples, peanut butter..lucky you. Thanks lovely to watch.s
My mom fed the birds for years. Water too. When she had cancer and stayed with me, I set her up in my family room with huge windows and kept the bird stations well stocked so she could watch them all day. I regressed back to planting bird favorites, but I keep water out. I have dove but will plant for quail in the spring. I set up a nice spot for them adjacent the forest. I have Pinyon Jays that bury nuts in a rock pile and a pair of Ravens that raise their babies here plus they run off the local hawk. I enjoy their skirmishes when the hawk shows up, pretty dramatic aerial fights over my head. I want a deeper 4" bath for quail.,
Oh Kate is lovely. I too have been looking out for the birds. I mixed some peanut butter with crushed nuts and seeds…and veggie suet with grated Apple. There are quite a few recipes. I’ve got load of pine cones as I use them to light the fire, but what wonderful idea to use them for the bird feeding. I also feed the squirrels….they get a variety of nuts are rather partial to chocolate digestives 😃
So very touching to see how you care for God’s little creatures…not surprising though because you’re a thoughtful and caring person. Thank you Kate for your kindness ❤
The last place i lived i used to feed a blackbird raisins, it used to come to the back door every morning, If the door wasn't open it used to fly at the door. One morning I went in the kitchen and there it was perched on the handle! I could see it through the glass. It actually had a nest on an old covered bird table in the garden and you could go right up to it and see the hen on the eggs. Eventually when the chicks fledged the cock bird used to bring them all to the back door too!
Something I have found that the birds love is cooked quinoa. My husband made me a ‘henge’ as he calls it to feed the birds in. It’s made of plastic covered wire netting on a frame of bits of hosepipe and canes. The small birds can fly in and out but the big birds can’t get through the mesh.
Kate... You are definitely a blessing to me! I just found your channel and can't get enough of your videos! I'm 70 yo & have been quilting since I was 8. Thank you for sharing & being such an inspiration to everyone watching!
Been gone for a week and all my feeder are empty can’t wait to get out tommorow and feed them. You have inspired me to make some also. Stay warm I just love taking care of the birds.
I love watching our birds in the mountains of upstate NY. I'm going to try a couple of the pinecone feeders. I loved seeing those cute little birds. Stay warm! I so enjoy all of your videos.
I’m in Florida USA and I have those pinecones all over my yard. My husband fills bags of them up so I won’t pick them up and bring them in the house for decorating. lol. I put cinnamon essential oil on them for the holidays and they smell amazing.
Doing the same here. It's been extremely cold here. I put out a smorgasbord for them. And the few squirrels that come. At night any deer that come eats what is left. And I feed my birds on the ground where they are protected with a big lavender bush because we have hawks that would eat them if they were out in the open. Love watching the birds. Sometimes I can have as many as 12 red cardinals or blue jays and many other small birds. Brings me joy and I know it keeps them warm all night! You have a very kind loving heart for taking such good care of the birds!
Grazie mille Kate dei tuoi post, ti seguo con tanto piacere. La tua casa, il tuo giardino e i tuoi lavori mi fanno sognare, ma per favore potresti mettere anche il traduttore in italiano. Grazie un abbraccio da Genova. Maria Pia
I worry so much about the wildlife at this time of year also. I go out several times a day to feed them. The advice from the bird charities is that the peanut butter you give wild birds must be unsalted.Greetings from Wales
💝💝💝💝 From Angele: Great project for our great friends, the birds. My son-in-law, a bird expert, says one of the things that birds suffer, is the lack of water. It is so imp for us humans to give water to the birds. Thank-you for sharing! -Angele, Devon, Alberta, Canada
I adore my birds and I also keep a number of feeders filled at all times and suet cakes for the starlings and woodpeckers. For my pesky ravens I mix some of my cat food with veggie oil and throw that in front of the house and it pretty much keeps them happy. I just can't bear to see anything hungry. Love your idea with the cones of which I have tons so I am going to make some of those and see if my birds like that idea!
Hi enjoyed your video feeding the beautiful birds I love watching the beautiful little birds in my garden and I always feed them and give them water but I didn't no about the peanut butter so thank you for sharing this great idea ❤
Lovely. Birds are so beautiful and Winter is hard. Our wind chill has been -30F. Now ice storm over most of Missouri. My friend who lives in the country near a lake had a yellow Cardinal the other day. I've never seen one in person. We have Eagles often around town on the Mississippi River.
Kate you made my day.❤❤❤😂😂 Sitting here at 2pm with hot sun outside Seeing those beautiful birds I miss. I feed mainly Blackbirds and Sparrows. Love from New Zealand xxx
I was watching BBC Winter Watch and so watching out for Waxwings. Coming down from colder climes to find berries. I live in Northern Ireland and last year my daughter, living in suburban Belfast had lots of them. I’m living in hope 😊.
If you kept a few rocks in your house, you could carry them out with you and put them in the watering pot. Their warmth (because your house is much warmer than outside, even just inside your door) would keep the water from freezing for much longer. The next trip, carry more from the house and take the ones in the frozen water back in.
Such a lovely video💕 Sweet Eileen🥰. I love feeding my birds and try to keep water for them as well. They're such fun to watch. Thank you for sharing. Stay warm☺️
Love this Kate. Our temps here in Georgia US are similar right now. The bird bring such joy in these cold snaps. Love drone footage work to whoever is doing this for you…Anna perhaps. Take care. Also thanks for new ideas on the bird recipes.
Thanks to your viewer who identified those pretty Eurasian Blue Tits. 30+ years ago I moved to a new area and immediately hung my bird feeders to see what was new. Almost immediately I got a bird I’d never seen, a European Golfinch. I duly reported it to the rare bird group, who downplayed it as an “escapee”. That didn’t prevent every birder in the area coming to my driveway, hoping to see it for their life lists. Never saw it after that winter, but glad I got the chance.
I love how the birds flit about behind you as they wait for your arrival. My mum feeds and waters the birds as well and they tap on her glass windows and doors if she is late to feed.😂
This brought back a sweet memory of a very special moment I spent with my mom who was in hospice care at home. Mom and I were always feeding the birds and watched for hours as they darted around all the feeders we had in the garden and on the deck in front of our house. She was pretty close to dying but wanted to be outside for a little while, and there we watched fledglings leaving the nest under neath our porch roof, one by one. She was so delighted and so at peace as we spent this beautiful hour or so watching them spread their wings. I will never forget this brief but splendid time with my mom. Thank you for bringing back this special time.
Located in California. We have year-round hummingbirds here. I have a family of 3 that have decided to stay this winter. Love the natural bird feeders! I plan to do this with the "grands." Thank you for such a wonderful winter garden update.
KATE, Loved the post on feeding the birds & Eileen. I didn't know about putting pine cones so close to the house for the smaller birds...Our pine cones are about 1/4 the size of yours . It's going to be 17 F tonight in NC, USA, unusually low for us. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much for this video. I feed my birds twice a day. I have cardinals, chicadees, tit mouse, sparrows, wrens, finches, cedar wax wings, doves, mocking birds, blue jays, just to name a few. I also get migratory birds. I live in SW Georgia in the US and it's been so cold this winter. My little guys look forward to their meals each day... and they bring me so much joy. Thanks again!
We are iced in here in Portland, Oregon. I am rotating hummingbird feeders, defrosting one while the other is being used. I tried putting out peanut butter/seeds, etc., but the squirrels and rats found them. The best I can do is a bird feeder suction cupped to a big plate glass window which is great for my cats who love to watch!
Thank you for cheering me up on a very cold day. I will make some bird feeders this week because I have all the material - pine cones, peanuts and peanut butter 😊 Have a wonderful week, Kate!
It is a lovely thing when someone takes the time to help the tiny lives we share our gardens with - they are very beautiful - thank you for sharing this.
When I lie in bed at night and hear the winds howl, I wonder how the little birds even manage to survive - and then the next morning they appear at my feeders - tough little creatures for sure :) thank you for the beautiful video :)
I love that you feed the birds. I have had to put my feeders away at the moment as the squirrels ate most of the contents and the bits they didn’t dropped to the floor and we had a rats nest in the garden. We live in the country and have a lot of wild birds but am just trying to find a squirrel proof feeder and also get rid of the rats. We have family pets and would hate them to pick up a disease from the rats. I know everything has to eat but just don’t want the rats .
I had a rat problem too and mice so I had to stop feeding the birds. I have 2 neighbours who feed them. I have to content myself with providing water and watching the birds having a bath is a joy.
Great video Kate😊 It is a cold 17 degrees today here in New Hampshire USA. My birds are enjoying all the treats I put out for them especially the mealworms for the bluebirds. And at 7:30 a.m. the 7 male wild turkeys went wandering through my back woods. They are a nuisance and I don’t feed them. I love that goose of yours and how she followed you up the ramp😊 Stay warm💕
Hi Kate I thought I would give you a laugh . After watching your film I duly found pine cones, peanut butter and seed, made the feeders and hung them up. Imagine my amusement this morning when two extremely cheeky squirrels scaled the feeders and scampered up the nearest tree complete with two feeders in tow in their mouths😂😂 squirrels 1 me 0 xx
Great job and thank you so much 🙏❤️💐😇🥰🎄🍀
Thank you for so such a lovely video. I am filled with lovely memories (instead of the usual intrusive thoughts I battle) of a peaceful time in childhood.
Feeding & watching birds always puts me in mind of my own mother, who loved nothing more than nurturing the garden biome. ❤❤❤
Eileen looked happy to see you as I’m sure were the other birds! I dub thee Kate the Kind Heart 💚
Thankyou. Seeing your bone handled knife on your table flashed me back to my childhood and my Nana . She had a set of them. She taught me how to butter my own toast . She used them for everything , including as a screwdriver in a hurry. Love your video. First time to your channel 😊
Oh, Kate! I did so love this video!!!!!! I am a birder, I am a quilt maker and I am retired. I live in Monterey, California where our coldest temperatures rarely hit freezing. We have many species of birds that winter here or pass through our location on their Pacific Flyway heading south. We have a large property bordered at the back by a greenbelt at the top of a shallow canyon with a creek running through it. The back yard of our property was designed by us as a "bird park". Lots of landscaping for shelter and food, a koi pond with waterfall for larger birds that like to "shower" in the waterfall, and suet and seed feeders everywhere. My sewing room is a classed-in "solarium" at the end of our master bedroom overlooking the back yard. This is my Happy Place. I sit here on my lime green sofa almost daily making quilts and watching the birds and TH-cam. I so love both of your channels. Thank you for both of them,. And special thanks for taking good care of your birds.
Awesome . Eileen is beautiful an so are the birds.
Like the over head view that's a long walk to the pond What?? NO snow LOL we are very cold and have lots of snow and unfortunately winds. We are so bless we have power, no ice and some days of sun. Thanks for your interesting visit. Anita Canada 🇨🇦
We love to feed our birds, feed them now & enjoy their lovely singing later. Here is cementropolis, people are more worried about weeds in their grass, than in nature. We do what we can here at our house.
This video made me smile and warmed my heart! 💚 🐦🕊
Lovely! Inspiring!❤The birds in my garden thank you for these new ideas. 😊
Ha watching you getting. The. Food ready. For the birds. Buuut over your left shoulder I can see birds comeing and. Going eating. From your. Tube. Feeder. How sweet is that xxxx
It snowing here in southeastern Pennsylvania. We placed our Christmas tree outside and had mixed peanut butter and bird seeds and smeared them on the branches. The birds are loving it because they can hide in the branches and eat safely from any predators like hawks.
Brilliant!!!! Happy new year 🎊
I’m next door to you and It sucks here in Pennsylvania! Now it’s nearly single digit temps and at least 5 “ on crappy snow on the ground! God knows I hate it so much!
@@mike1968442 Hang in there, it'll get better. Spring is coming. Hold on to that thought. Curl up with a hot drink and a warm blanket, and a kitty or dog if you have one, and breathe while thinking about spring.
What a great idea, I had never thought of recycling my holiday tree like that but I'm going to do it next year.
Great idea!👏🏻❤️
Love the birdfeeders but the best bit was Eileen trotting along behind you like the Pied Piper..... 🤣 It is cold out and the storms - oh my! I'm sure the birds are emptying those feeders really fast! Thank you for sharing! xx
This was so timely. Our bird-feeding neighbor recently passed away and I've been worried about all the birds she fed. I feed some, but this has inspired me to feed more, and differently. Thank you, Kate.
That is so nice of you. I imagine your friend worried about them. Now she can watch from heaven you feeding the birds❤️
Love the video and reminder that we need to feed to birds esp during this very cold weather. Thanks Kate
❤ que hermoso ; los animalitos son la mejor compañía que se puede tener ; no engañan , no mienten , no exigen ; solo nos dan compañìa y afecto , son solo amor 🥰
You have a magical life, and the blessing is that you share it with all, birds, goose, others and older ladies that enjoy you so much.. Thank you..
It looked like hot water in the pail. Did you know that hot water freezes faster than cold water? I love all your videos Kate. ❤
I find a lot of joy in feeding the birds in my garden too. I don't have as big containers for birdsfood, though! 😀
One year I had my 4-H kids make the pine cone feeders and have pine trees around us so no problem making a lot. What was left over I put in a plastic grocery bag. While we were away our golden retriever found the bag and ate the pine cones with the peanut butter 😂. Of course she ended up throwing it all up and was fine😄
Great job taking care of our fine feathered friends. Happy new year Kate. Love from Texas ❤❤❤
Don't forget, if you live in Britain, it's the Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend! I signed up today!
I love feeding the birds too. At night we have a big ol rabbit that comes up and eats the seed that’s fallen on the snow.
I love feeding the birds, and I love this video. So glad I found you x
❤I love the birds too I feed them black sun flower seeds and peanuts for the blue Jay's I have to fill them ever day 😊
Love the Bird Video so much and the pond. cabin and garden walk ways and especially showing the actual birds; as I am not allowed to feed birds from the balcony of my beautiful condo, which I do enjoy very much along with the big old Ash tree plunked right in front of my balcony, not the same as bird feeders right in front of your face. Thanks so much, Mary Ann, Chicago.
My brother used to love to feed the birds in the wintertime. He couldn't get out much the last couple of years of his life, so he wasn't able to feed them. He had a pair of red wing blackbirds that would come every year and build a nest. He would be so excited to see them every spring.
What a wonderful video ❤ Funnily enough, I was just about to give away a box of these large pine cones, but I'm going to keep a couple now and cover them with peanut butter and crushed nuts. Thank you!
Love seeing you feed the birds, Kate. My husband and I feed the birds here, in Canada, as well. We’re warming up a bit, but still seeing -16 in B.C. We feed them twice a day, and started with little birds, then the larger doves came, and now we have nearly 40 quail on our deck each morning, looking in the patio doors to hurry us along. By mid-afternoon, our wee yard looks like a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, ‘the birds’. Fun to watch them all enjoying themselves, though. Aileen is adorable! Stay warm!🥰
Thanks for sharing your lovely birdies and the yummy feeders.... keep warm and cosy... hugs from The Netherlands xxx
We love to feed the birds too. We moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia over a year ago. We are still getting used to the variety of birds that come to our feeders. There are many similar birds, but no cardinals.
We love feeding our birds winter, spring, summer and fall. We have mourning doves that have nested outside the dining room window on my metal flower garden raised up to the bottom of the window. Nature is lovely and we owe it to Mother Earth to be the best caretakers we can be. x's from NM, USA
Quite the homestead you have. Now. With the help it’s looking. Very. Very English. Country Garden love love xxx
We have a starling murmaration every evening at about 4.15 for 20 minutes over my garden. It is fascinating to watch how they all fly in perfect synchronised flight and then all roost in the trees over the back at exactly the same time.
I've been feeding the birds with my dad my whole life & I use to make pinecone bird feeders like that with all the kids i use to mind over the years, it was always a big hit! P.S. i have a ceramic christmas tree ornament that looks exactly like the birds that landed on the pinecone after you hung it up. I got a chuckle out of that!😂
My granddaughters and I made the pinecone feeders one time. They had so much fun. I hung the one I made in my back patio tree. When the girls left and my husband came home we went to the window to see the pinecone feeder. We looked out just in time to see the squirrel bite the string in half and run off with whe whole pinecone. Peanutbutter seeds and all 😂
We used to make birdfeeders with the children at the school where I worked (the favourite after-school club was wildlife club!). We just used yogurt pots, upturned, full of fat and seeds. The children would bring them in, and, like you, we would fill cones too. Then we'd hang them around the wildlife garden. One or two years, a crow came who had learned how to manipulate the string up so that he could rest the containers on their sides and eat the contents without having to hang upside-down! Clever birds, crows!
I loved)e watching your birds at the feeders. Here on the north section of Vancouver Island, Canada, we are in a fairly remote area and lots of wildlife. I had many feeders out on our property the first couple of years we lived here but found it was a fruitless effort as the bears kept getting in and would not only eat all the seeds, etc. but destroy the feeders in the process! We have a fence and an electric wire to keep the Elk away, but the bears just push it all down and seem not to notice any shock from the wire (It isn't a heavy shock, just enough to annoy the Elk, who will eat everything, and I do mean everything! We have to make sure all our fruit trees are picked in the Autumn, again, to keep the bear from getting it all. We don't mind sharing but they do not know about sharing so take it all if they can:-)
Love our birds also - Blue Jay's, Juncos, Cardinals, Sparrows, Woodpeckers, Doves & of course Crows & Wild Turkeys. Gets me out on cold days to fill feeders (in Ontario - brrrr!)
Thank you, this advice has been so useful. We have a roamwild bird feeder that needs rejuvenating because we mistakenly put in bird feed that had mealworms. In the meantime we’ve ordered another so we’ll have two 😅 But we also have problems with crows and rooks, so your advice about hanging feed closer to the house is perfect. Thank you ❤
Love to see your Garden even in Winter.
You must not have squirrels???? They would love your Peanuts, apples, peanut butter..lucky you.
Thanks lovely to watch.s
My mom fed the birds for years. Water too. When she had cancer and stayed with me, I set her up in my family room with huge windows and kept the bird stations well stocked so she could watch them all day. I regressed back to planting bird favorites, but I keep water out. I have dove but will plant for quail in the spring. I set up a nice spot for them adjacent the forest. I have Pinyon Jays that bury nuts in a rock pile and a pair of Ravens that raise their babies here plus they run off the local hawk. I enjoy their skirmishes when the hawk shows up, pretty dramatic aerial fights over my head. I want a deeper 4" bath for quail.,
-40👋🇨🇦😳…our feeders are full with home grown striped sunflower seeds. Love your channel…intend to stay on✅
Oh Kate is lovely. I too have been looking out for the birds. I mixed some peanut butter with crushed nuts and seeds…and veggie suet with grated Apple. There are quite a few recipes. I’ve got load of pine cones as I use them to light the fire, but what wonderful idea to use them for the bird feeding. I also feed the squirrels….they get a variety of nuts are rather partial to chocolate digestives 😃
So very touching to see how you care for God’s little creatures…not surprising though because you’re a thoughtful and caring person. Thank you Kate for your kindness ❤
The last place i lived i used to feed a blackbird raisins, it used to come to the back door every morning, If the door wasn't open it used to fly at the door. One morning I went in the kitchen and there it was perched on the handle! I could see it through the glass. It actually had a nest on an old covered bird table in the garden and you could go right up to it and see the hen on the eggs. Eventually when the chicks fledged the cock bird used to bring them all to the back door too!
Something I have found that the birds love is cooked quinoa. My husband made me a ‘henge’ as he calls it to feed the birds in. It’s made of plastic covered wire netting on a frame of bits of hosepipe and canes. The small birds can fly in and out but the big birds can’t get through the mesh.
What a nice setting you have made for your friends.
Kate... You are definitely a blessing to me! I just found your channel and can't get enough of your videos! I'm 70 yo & have been quilting since I was 8. Thank you for sharing & being such an inspiration to everyone watching!
Been gone for a week and all my feeder are empty can’t wait to get out tommorow and feed them. You have inspired me to make some also. Stay warm I just love taking care of the birds.
I love watching our birds in the mountains of upstate NY. I'm going to try a couple of the pinecone feeders. I loved seeing those cute little birds. Stay warm! I so enjoy all of your videos.
It was perfect to see shadows of the birds behind you while you were making these feeders. 🐦
I had the exact Same thought 😊
I’m in Florida USA and I have those pinecones all over my yard. My husband fills bags of them up so I won’t pick them up and bring them in the house for decorating. lol. I put cinnamon essential oil on them for the holidays and they smell amazing.
Beautiful Birds! Thank you for sharing,
Oh I just love seeing Eileen, she is a beauty! I enjoy feeding the birds too, and especially when the Cardinals come in.
Doing the same here. It's been extremely cold here. I put out a smorgasbord for them. And the few squirrels that come. At night any deer that come eats what is left. And I feed my birds on the ground where they are protected with a big lavender bush because we have hawks that would eat them if they were out in the open. Love watching the birds. Sometimes I can have as many as 12 red cardinals or blue jays and many other small birds. Brings me joy and I know it keeps them warm all night! You have a very kind loving heart for taking such good care of the birds!
Grazie mille Kate dei tuoi post, ti seguo con tanto piacere. La tua casa, il tuo giardino e i tuoi lavori mi fanno sognare, ma per favore potresti mettere anche il traduttore in italiano. Grazie un abbraccio da Genova. Maria Pia
Hi it’s Marian how I love to see Eileen lovely video Kate.
I worry so much about the wildlife at this time of year also. I go out several times a day to feed them. The advice from the bird charities is that the peanut butter you give wild birds must be unsalted.Greetings from Wales
Yes, no salt for birds !!!!
It is why bread is not good at all !!!!
What a beautiful project! So cool to see different little birds than the ones I have near me.
I’m refilling my hummingbird feeders here in California today 😊
💝💝💝💝 From Angele: Great project for our great friends, the birds. My son-in-law, a bird expert, says one of the things that birds suffer, is the lack of water. It is so imp for us humans to give water to the birds. Thank-you for sharing! -Angele, Devon, Alberta, Canada
I adore my birds and I also keep a number of feeders filled at all times and suet cakes for the starlings and woodpeckers. For my pesky ravens I mix some of my cat food with veggie oil and throw that in front of the house and it pretty much keeps them happy. I just can't bear to see anything hungry. Love your idea with the cones of which I have tons so I am going to make some of those and see if my birds like that idea!
Hi enjoyed your video feeding the beautiful birds I love watching the beautiful little birds in my garden and I always feed them and give them water but I didn't no about the peanut butter so thank you for sharing this great idea ❤
Lovely. Birds are so beautiful and Winter is hard. Our wind chill has been -30F. Now ice storm over most of Missouri. My friend who lives in the country near a lake had a yellow Cardinal the other day. I've never seen one in person. We have Eagles often around town on the Mississippi River.
thank you for this my husband feeds the birds every other day and i saw some good tips for him
Kate you made my day.❤❤❤😂😂
Sitting here at 2pm with hot sun outside
Seeing those beautiful birds I miss. I feed mainly Blackbirds and Sparrows. Love from New Zealand xxx
I was watching BBC Winter Watch and so watching out for Waxwings. Coming down from colder climes to find berries. I live in Northern Ireland and last year my daughter, living in suburban Belfast had lots of them. I’m living in hope 😊.
If you kept a few rocks in your house, you could carry them out with you and put them in the watering pot. Their warmth (because your house is much warmer than outside, even just inside your door) would keep the water from freezing for much longer. The next trip, carry more from the house and take the ones in the frozen water back in.
Such a lovely video💕 Sweet Eileen🥰. I love feeding my birds and try to keep water for them as well. They're such fun to watch. Thank you for sharing. Stay warm☺️
They are beautiful little birds with the black mask across their eyes & blue feathers.
We have gold finches & doves & Cardinals.
Wonderful video Kate! I’ve fed the birds for 40 years. I have a flock of bluebirds at my feeder right now. Hello from New Hampshire
Love this Kate. Our temps here in Georgia US are similar right now. The bird bring such joy in these cold snaps. Love drone footage work to whoever is doing this for you…Anna perhaps. Take care. Also thanks for new ideas on the bird recipes.
I didn't even know you had this garden channel until 5 days ago. Thanks for sharing...😊
Thanks to your viewer who identified those pretty Eurasian Blue Tits. 30+ years ago I moved to a new area and immediately hung my bird feeders to see what was new. Almost immediately I got a bird I’d never seen, a European Golfinch. I duly reported it to the rare bird group, who downplayed it as an “escapee”. That didn’t prevent every birder in the area coming to my driveway, hoping to see it for their life lists. Never saw it after that winter, but glad I got the chance.
Absolutely love the garden video and watching you look after the birds, they are all Gods creatures 🪿 🐦
I love how the birds flit about behind you as they wait for your arrival. My mum feeds and waters the birds as well and they tap on her glass windows and doors if she is late to feed.😂
This video was a balm to my heart. Thank you.
Kate it seems to me that you have a very tranquil life I admire you❤
This brought back a sweet memory of a very special moment I spent with my mom who was in hospice care at home. Mom and I were always feeding the birds and watched for hours as they darted around all the feeders we had in the garden and on the deck in front of our house. She was pretty close to dying but wanted to be outside for a little while, and there we watched fledglings leaving the nest under neath our porch roof, one by one. She was so delighted and so at peace as we spent this beautiful hour or so watching them spread their wings. I will never forget this brief but splendid time with my mom. Thank you for bringing back this special time.
Loved watching you make these bird feeders. I had to laugh when I say shadows of birds flying by the window as if trying to get you to hurry.
Located in California. We have year-round hummingbirds here. I have a family of 3 that have decided to stay this winter. Love the natural bird feeders! I plan to do this with the "grands." Thank you for such a wonderful winter garden update.
KATE, Loved the post on feeding the birds & Eileen. I didn't know about putting pine cones so close to the house for the smaller birds...Our pine cones are about 1/4 the size of yours .
It's going to be 17 F tonight in NC, USA, unusually low for us. Thank you so much!!!
That was amazing. I would’ve never thought to use a pinecone as a birdfeeder. Clever.❤❤❤❤❤
Im in the Hutt Valley NZ where it is 30c watching you in the cold, feeding your birds. Brave lady.
Snowing all day here in Pennsylvania, USA. The birds are enjoying the feeders and Hotel Brush Pile is very popular!
How lovely that you’re the ambassador for your feathered friends
Love to see all the birds you feed. We have a lot of bird feeders too ! Thanks for posting this. Have a wonderful day!!
Thank you so much for this video. I feed my birds twice a day. I have cardinals, chicadees, tit mouse, sparrows, wrens, finches, cedar wax wings, doves, mocking birds, blue jays, just to name a few. I also get migratory birds. I live in SW Georgia in the US and it's been so cold this winter. My little guys look forward to their meals each day... and they bring me so much joy. Thanks again!
We are iced in here in Portland, Oregon. I am rotating hummingbird feeders, defrosting one while the other is being used. I tried putting out peanut butter/seeds, etc., but the squirrels and rats found them. The best I can do is a bird feeder suction cupped to a big plate glass window which is great for my cats who love to watch!
Thank you for cheering me up on a very cold day. I will make some bird feeders this week because I have all the material - pine cones, peanuts and peanut butter 😊 Have a wonderful week, Kate!
Loved watching the birds, Kate!
It is a lovely thing when someone takes the time to help the tiny lives we share our gardens with - they are very beautiful - thank you for sharing this.
When I lie in bed at night and hear the winds howl, I wonder how the little birds even manage to survive - and then the next morning they appear at my feeders - tough little creatures for sure :) thank you for the beautiful video :)
I live in Tennessee and if I run out of birdseed the birds are not opposed to cheap cat food that I sometimes throw out for them.
I love that you feed the birds. I have had to put my feeders away at the moment as the squirrels ate most of the contents and the bits they didn’t dropped to the floor and we had a rats nest in the garden. We live in the country and have a lot of wild birds but am just trying to find a squirrel proof feeder and also get rid of the rats. We have family pets and would hate them to pick up a disease from the rats. I know everything has to eat but just don’t want the rats .
My bird feeders hang from my clothes line. Only seen one squirrel do his acrobat moves and got to a feeder. Lol
I had a rat problem too and mice so I had to stop feeding the birds. I have 2 neighbours who feed them. I have to content myself with providing water and watching the birds having a bath is a joy.
I like your birdseed storage unit!!!! BRILLIANT! Definitely a must have for storage outdoors or otherwise!
Thank you❤️🙏