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woodpecker.
To make a simple corn feeder, hammer a large nail through a fourinch square piece of 2x4 board. The large nail is used to hold the corncob, preventing the squirrel from taking the whole cob away at once.
Fasten on a second piece of board for a backboard, making an L-shape, which allows you to mount the feeder to a pole or tree.
Squirrels, woodpeckers and other birds are huge fans of corn, when eating they do not like being disturbed. On the ground below the feeder is where cardinals, juncos, sparrows and towhees gather to snap up bits of corn that drop from above.
Although squirrels do not exactly eat like birds, witnessing the antics of the bushy-tails in my Flint Hill neighborhood backyard is well worth their weight in dried corn. Hopefully, with a little effort, feathered and furry friends will visit you in your backyard as well.
Happy Birding!
Jim Byuaters, Rappahannock News Nature Writer, writes a weekly column. He welcomes reader mail, responses, suggestions via e-mail at jbbjr@rmaonline.net or mail at P.O. Box 8, Flint Hill, Va. 22627.
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