Oh So Simple Bird Feeder

We've been meeting at our local Community Gardens with a small group of nearby homeschooling families, for fun, friendship and simple activities revolving around the theme of 'gardens'.

Yesterday everyone made Pine Cone Bird Feeders, so simple and certainly not a new idea.

What You Need:

• Pine cones

• String or Twine

• Peanut Butter

• Rolled Oats

• Bird Seed

What To Do:

• Tie String to Pine cone so it can hang from a tree

• Mix equal parts Peanut Butter and Rolled Oats

• Coat the pine cone with the mixture, ensuring it gets pushed right into the cone (careful of the spiky bits!)

• Once coated, roll the pine cone in the bird seed

Show off your work!

Hang on a tree and wait for the birds to come!

Happy Homeschooling,
Kylie

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Swan Nesting

This is such an exciting piece of nature study for us!

Seriously I have never seen anything quite like it. We are so blessed, not only have we been able to witness the nesting of a pair of Black Swans, we've also met a lovely new to homeschooling family to study them with! And even better still their children are nearly the same ages as our younger two, don't you love that :-)

Anyway, back to the swans. Here they in full public view having built their nest at the far side of a large pond situated at the back of a park and playground area. So it certainly isn't a quiet spot for them that's for sure!

Everyone was mesmerized for quite some time just watching the swan protecting those eggs like her life depended on it. We were all quite surprised as to how close we were allowed to get to the nest. And the size of the nest, did you see it, it's huge!

They appear to have ripped up several clumping grass/reeds, as you can see in the background of this image and used those to build up the nest. Adding pieces of newspaper and other odds and ends as they find them no doubt.

On this particular day we only caught a very brief glimpse of the eggs, but just the other day our friends saw them in all their glory and there are a total of six. Let's hope that all six hatch and thrive.

We will be checking on these gorgeous creatures regularly and are itching to see some babies, hopefully very soon.