Cool Tools: Bird Feeder Activity!

We talked about posting activities for people to do at home, so here is the first one..pretty basic!

What you need: A bowl of Cheerios (plain)
Pipe-cleaner (one per feeder)
What to do: Thread Cheerios onto the pipe-cleaner, you should fill it up! Then, bend the pipe-cleaner into a circle and twist the tips together to secure the feeder. Now you have created a bird feeder in seconds! You can hang them on a tree or outside of a window to watch the action! Its quick, cheap and environmentally friendly!!! Don't forget to remove the pipe-cleaners from the tree when the birds are done.
Want to do more? An option for continuing this activity is to make lots of these feeders and hang them all over your yard, at many different heights! Observe and keep a log of the feeders!

• Write down everything you see
• The different species of birds at each feeder
  
• Are the same species of birds at every feeder or just that one because of its height?
• Can you see the birds beaks?
• Draw comparisons between all the birds
• Whose feeder still has the most Cheerios after one week, whose has the least?
• Which height is the most popular?

There are many more things you can do with this simple idea! Play around and let me know of any cool observations!!

P.S. Watch out for Squirrels! They LOVE Cheerios ;)