Pinecone Birdfeeder

Debi at Go Explore Nature inspired Patrick and I to make a pinecone birdfeeder – covering a pinecone in peanut butter and then rolling it with birdseed.

It got more attention then we thought it would. While the House Sparrows and Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees got seed, this chickadee saw something more useful (material for a nest):

We made some others. One got the attention of a squirrel:

And a Stellar’s Jay, too!