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

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 species--orioles go gaga for grape jelly, bluebirds flock to mealworms, and woodpeckers arrive in droves for corn bread--and 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.