A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR THE BIRDS

(contributed by Mary Willms)

In the winter the experts maintain the bet way to bird-watch is a comfortable chair by the window. By keeping a feeder stocked with a variety of foods, you can attract many different qecies of birds that will stay with you until spring. Most people have good luck attracting birds by putting out feeders full of sunflower seeds, cracked corn and millet,orby hanging meshbagsofmet. But if you really want to impres your avian friends, here are a few recipes you can ooncoct- stdctly for the birds!

JUNCO CO RNBREAD

3 cups mmeal

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup fat (meat drippings or lard) 3 cups water

Mix all the ingredients together and bakeinadeeppanat375 degreesfor 30 to 35 minute. Reduce heat if bread looks as if it is forming a hard crust. May be doubled or halved. Place in" mesh bags and hang outdoors.

JAC K DUDLEY'S W OODPEC KER PUDDING

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Melt the suet in a kettle, pouring the meled fat into another container as it cooks down. While the fat is still. hot, addthe peanutbutter, cornsyrupand oats, stirring constantly until the mixture is well blended. Put the pudding intooldsoupcansto coolandharden, and store in a cool place. To use, warm the can until the pidding is soft enough to handle. Dn‘lla number of 1 1/2 inch holesina4 inchdiameterbirchlog Cleave the bark intact to provide good toeholds for the birds), spread the pudding into the holes, and hang the log outdoors where it is accessible to the birds.

FINE FEATHERED ENTREE

3 parts melted fat (suet preferred)

1 part cornmeal or finely cracked corn 1 part peanut butter

1 part sunflower seeds or chopped nuts 1 part brown sugar

1 part chopped dried fiuit

Combine all of the ingredients with enough water to get the coreistency of cooked oatmeal. Cook in double boiler until well blended. Put into small containerser tuna fish cansthatcan be securely attached to feeders or trees.

SUET CAKE

2~parts melted fat (bacon fat, suet or lard)

2 parts yellow cornmeal

1 part peanut butter

Mixaningrediems mgetherand cookfor a few minutes. Pour into small containers (tum fish cans are good), and refrigerate or freeze until needed. Mixturecanalsobestufiedinto 1"holes dn'lledin smalllogsto hang from trees. Therecipecanbemadeallyearlongas you accumulate ht. Fasten containers

. securely to trea or feeders.

CHIC KADEE PUDDING

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flour, sugar, cornmeal

old cake, bread and doughnu’m wild—bird seed, peanut butter apples, ground up

kitchen seeds: apple, squash ect. nuts and raisons, bacon fat

Mix all ingredients, except bacon fat. Mdt plenty of bacon fat and while hot, pour it over the mixture, stirring well. Pour into disposable aluminum pie plates.

‘ Cut as needed.