Last week our Brooklyn correspondent Erin Boyle made a clever bird feeder from a grapefruit half and dangled it out of her apartment window. Were you thinking: “Nice re-use of old fruit, but what self-respecting bird would perch on pith?”
Photographs by Erin Boyle.
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Erin looked out her window the other morning and saw a veritable flock—three different kinds of birds—enjoying a feast of hulled seeds. For more photos, see Reading My Tea Leaves.
Do you suddenly wish you’d bookmarked those DIY grapefruit bird feeder instructions?
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Don’t worry, we have them right here: For step-by-step instructions and a materials list, see “DIY: A Grapefruit Bird Feeder for Feathered Friends.”
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Can you help us ID any of Erin’s new feathered friends? If you recognize these birds, tell us in the comments below.
For more of Erin’s DIY projects, see “DIY: Bottle-fed Paperwhites” and “DIY: Winter Finery, Foraged in Brooklyn.”
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