Dried Fruit Medley Bird Food Recipe
Want to feed some picky eaters that normally don’t always come to the feeder? Make up this dried fruit medley bird food recipe.
Recipe
- 2 cups raisins
- 2 cups dried apples
- 1 cup peanuts
- 2 cups any additional nuts (Forage your own for birds)
- 1 cup squash seeds (Save all squash & melon type seeds to dry)
- 1-1/2 cups dried cherries
Provide a separate tray of this fruit medley recipe away from your main feeders to tempt some new guests. If you are new to feeding the birds and want a low-cost alternative to purchasing an expensive feeder try this DIY simple tray feeder.
Additional Post: How to dry fruit for your bird feeders
Directions
1.) Cut all fruit into bite-sized pieces.
2.) Measure out all ingredients and dump them into a paper bag. Give a good shake to mix them up.
Store the mix in an airtight container and fill the feeder as needed.
Birds Dried Fruit Medley Bird Food Recipe Can Attract
- Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
- Purple Finch
- Thrashers
- Cedar & Bohemian Waxwings
- House Wren
- Northern Mockingbird
- Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
- Scarlet Tanager
- Summer Tanager