Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Weather Watching #3 - Count Down to Fall 2013, 2 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Was going to post this on the Bird Watching Thread--BUT--it still seems to
be dormant.
Thought this should go on the "Projects" one--but it is NOT really a project.

Wanted to show you that i DID put some seed in my new Finch feeder--
and--you gonna love this---I made a "baffle" for it out of the top that
covers a cake. It will do--and I do not plan to hang this feeder anywhere
out in the open. Depends if they find it under the edge of the roof.

I "configured" where the exact center was in this cover--and then cut a 3" slit
with a razor knife which will slip right over the loop that the feeder hangs by.
Hey! if it works--I will feel pretty clever.....

Now all I need is to see if the Goldfinches find it...In it is "Finch Food"--not just
Thistle. It is from last year--but the bag has been kept tightly closed and double-bagged
in my Shop. Lets hope they don't reject it.....IF they do--I will just mix bits of it
in my big feeder that will, soon, hang under my patio roof.
Or--if they get hungry enough--they may eat it.

--here is the feeder with the cover
--and a close-up of the top showing how it fits over the loop.


Right now it is well under a corner of my patio roof
where my HUGE Ric Rac used to hang. Safe and out of any critters way.