Saturday 28 September 2013



 its here

My bird feeder is finally here! I made it as I promised you the other day and it is better  I have found the ingredients in the big Tesco by my house. I added some new sort of nuts in bags and I have taken some pictures of the lard bird seed and nut. I have them here to show you.

This is the bird seed and nut mixed together put into a container and hung onto a plank of wood. I have put foil over the top with an elastic band around it to assure that none of the food falls out.



                

This is what I actually made 
in the pan which I will put up a bit later I put it in a water bottle as that was the only container I could find I mixed nuts bird seed and lard together and this is what I came out with! it will be so cool when the birds start coming, one has already come today but not many. I do not know what bird it was because I was not there to witness it. 

The next few days are going to be a great success for me and I want to get to 1,000 views  in around 6 months so I hope people keep coming for me and sooner or later  I will have 1,000 views and I will make a great success for nature.

Thursday 26 September 2013





                                            Game over


I can'y believe it all of the bread is fully gone, I don't know which bird it was as I was at school today but it is now gone so I need to make my new and improved bird feeder. It is going to be quite hard because I don't have the ingredients yet. Also the co-operative across the road does not have it so I have to go to my super big Tesco or maybe even my smaller Asda.
 
I am going to get it tomorrow or maybe the next day so you better come back. My new one is going to be better! Just to let you know I won't be doing it on Sunday because I have a party to attend to so I'm trying to get as much done as I can!

Tuesday 24 September 2013



                                              going down
All of the bread is nearly  gone and that means today or tomorrow I'm going to need to get the feeder up and running once again, because otherwise I won't get the enjoyment of watching the birds and my blog will go back down and I won't get the blog back up ever again! 

So I'm going to make the feeder and it will be so cool as I will be watching it and it will attract many birds and will hopefully have me make some success. 


This is the bread that is left, I know it's not much but the birds will still come, and hopefully I will have made the new super advanced bird cake. Unfortunately I do not have all the ingredients so some of my viewers might do it before me!
If anybody is wondering then I got that piece from the compost heap at the back of my garden behind this shed and surprisingly it was the perfect piece, just like it was meant to be!


By Saturday all the bread should be gone and I should have a new feeder so make sure you come on that special day for me.  





  

Monday 23 September 2013




                                OMG
Today I found that most of my bread had been eaten so soon! I have seen a wood pigeon,a Starling, House Sparrow and Magpie, eat this bread after some other birds had taken the other bits of my delightful bread! 


             Description 

The wood pigeon has a white collar a red breast, with grey wings and a grey head, it has an orange beak and finally yellow and black eyes.
The Starling has a black body with silver spots, yellow and black wings, a yellow beak and black eyes! 
The House Sparrow has beady black eyes with a body of brown, with the same colour for it's wings, it has a brown and black breast and  yellow for a beak.
Finally the magpie has a unique body of white black and a touch of blue, it has a mixed light and dark green tail, with black legs a black head a black beak and small round black eyes.   



                                 starting over 



Unfortunately I had to take down my cake as the mixture had water in it so, the flies were laying eggs in and on it so I had to take it down and tomorrow I'm going to make another one and put it up, because that was just an experiment to see if something would happen and it did but the only reason I took it down was for the birds health. I was worried if I keeped it up then the birds will get ill and I wouldn't want them to die as it would be horrible for them and I  wouldn't have even started this blog. I have a picture of  the flies eggs, I think it's a fruit fly that has been laying the eggs see if you can work out what it is. By the way I have got to share with you the whole life cycle of flies!

                                                          

                               




                                fly life cycle
First they start off with the  eggs, then wait and let them hatch to the first larval stage, after that they adapt to the second larval stage, next they enter the third larval stage. Then it becomes a Pupa, which is sort of like a cucoon! Finally it becomes an adult fly, you probably all know what that is. I only know that they die but not if they have funerals.  



Saturday 21 September 2013






Buzzards on the move

Today I saw around 10 Buzzards above my house soaring high in the sky I quickly went in to get my binoculars and I am surprised to say they were Buzzards. Unfortunately they were to high in the sky for me to use a camera and even if they were lower I wouldn't have time to have got them as they were upstairs. 

I also put a little thing on to  speed up time and make the birds come to the bird-cake that I made a lot faster they should have come today but they didn't so I put  bread there now they should be coming tomorrow but I think because it is autumn it might take a little longer!




These are the photo's I took when I tried to speed up the time and I took these in the morning so in a few weeks I will have the bird feeder up and running.  In six months I am trying to get around 1,000 views. So I'm going to try my best and make my bird feeder do really good. I also am ready to make another whole cake but first I have to get the first one to work. As I said in the second paragraph it will take me a little longer to get it ready, so keep coming and maybe next week, I will have got pictures of birds eating the cake and the bread and now it's the weekend and I'm off school then I can watch out for the birds more instead of my parents! 

I have a bit more on the Buzzards to tell you in fact a whole fact file

                       

                                           Buzzard fact file

I only could find info on feeding and breeding so this is what I have for you!

                                  feeding 


Buzzards eat minute Rodents but also eats birds ,reptiles,amphibians,larger insects and earth-worms. They eat their prey which is 500 grams of weight. Anything that is heavier is usually a Carrion Crow.

                                                     breeding 
Buzzards are very defensive to their nests throughout the year. The female lays the eggs Usually about 2-4 white eggs with brown markings!

I'm sorry to say that I have no more info as I couldn't find it. 



















                                  

Thursday 19 September 2013







part 2

 These are some of the things that I used to spot the birds with. Also to make my bird-cake I had to go to my local  co-operative shop and buy the lard use the things from there to make the daal and make it into my bird -cake. So keep coming and I will have more every day or maybe every 2/3!




 I have done the front side and back view of my bird-cake if you are
wondering then yes it is an aero hot chocolate tub and fortunately it was
the exact tub that I needed it is very good for the birds because they have to land on the end on eat the food from the tub so it is designed magnificently for the birds it is so cool and I cant wait till the birds start coming.
Just to let you know if any boys girls or anybody with children view this blog and have there own I would like to link with other peoples blogs!








my garden bird feeding station


at the moment I don't actually have any birds coming to my feeding station yet but I only put it up a few hours ago and normally it takes about 24 hours for the human smell off the bird cake to go and for the birds to start coming and eating the bird cake. Also if anyone wants to know how to make the bird cake here are some steps on how to make bird cake!


1.make some daal that is how to spell it so look it up and see if you can make some.
2.get some lard which you can get from your local co-operative or supermarket.
3. get a big frying pan put it on the gas and heat it up for about five minutes then put your lard in and wait for it to melt until it looks like melted butter (make sure to wash your hands after you touches the lard as it is very dirty) then put your daal in I put however much I thought so you do the same.
4. get a metal or wooden spoon and for about five to ten minutes stir.
5.after you have stirred then take it off the gas and leave it to cool for about 1 hour.
6.put it into a plastic container and wait let it dry over night.
7.the next day put it in the fridge.
8.the day after take it out and put it in the garden or wherever you want!

And that is how I made my bird cake if you want to see your bird cake in action your going to need binoculars and if you want to take picture your going to need a good zoom camera depending on how far back in your garden you put your cake also you are going to need to put it by some trees or woodland or a bush where birds nest!