We see a variety of birds in our backyard such as Sparrows, Blackbirds, Thrushes, Starlings, Wax Eyes, Fantails, Swallows and Tui. Some of them sit in the old bare apple tree and wait for their daily crusts and stale bread. Today we thought we would treat them and make them a cake.
I 'Googled' for some ideas to put in our cake, but found that there were so many suggestions using a variety of food and techniques, I decided just to follow my instinct and make up our own recipe.
We used,
Beef & Mutton fat (you can buy it in a container from your local supermarket)
Crunchy peanut butter
Sunflower seeds
Sultanas
and a packet of 'wild bird food' which contained Maize
Sorghum
Barley
Oats
Wheat
Panorama
White French millet and
Hulled oats
We left the fat out in the sun to soften and then added the peanut butter and then handfuls of the other ingredients until it looked 'about right'.
We stuffed the mixture into a netting bag that our oranges came packaged in and tied it up with a piece of string and hung it from the old apple tree.
It didn't take long until a shy little Wax Eye came to sample the delight.
