Fun with Bark Butter!

So you have your Bark Butter - you've spread it on your Bark Butter feeder and the birds absolutely love it.  What other ways can you offer it to the birds?

Here's some of my favorite ways to enhance my use of Bark Butter.

Bark Butter Treasures
When your WBU seed cylinders like Supreme Fare or Cranberry Fare get divots pecked in them by the birds, fill them with Bark Butter.  I call these treasures and once the birds return to the cylinder, you'll see why!

Bark Butter Sandwich
Take two WBU Stackables (No-Mess, Fruit & Nut, or Nut & Suet) - I like to mix & match. Put first Stackable on the center post of your cylinder feeder.  Next, put a THICK layer of Bark Butter (1" works great!) on top of the first Stackable, place second Stackable on post and serve. 

My birds go after the Bark Butter first then work on the Stackables.  If they clear out all or most of the Bark Butter before the Stackables are gone, I lift the top Stackable and just refill the Bark Butter.

 

The Cupcake
I just "baked" this one up last weekend!  Choose one WBU Stackable.  Put a nice big layer of icing (Bark Butter) on the Stackable, then serve.  If your birds are extra good, you can put sprinkles (seed) on top!

And just like real cupcakes, if the birds eat off the icing first, you can always put on another layer of icing, oops I mean Bark Butter!

See how easy it is to be creative and have fun with Bark Butter?  And since Bark Butter has attracted 100 different species of birds, who knows what new species might show up at your Bark Butter creation!

Try these "recipes" with our new Bugberry Blend Bark Butter - it's our regular Bark Butter plus bugs (roasted mealworms) and tons of fruit!  What bird can turn that down?

Click here to see Bark Butter in action.  Bark Butter is available at Wild Birds Unlimited - Saratoga Springs NY, at your local Wild Birds Unlimited, and online. 

Comments

[The Zen Birdfeeder]

Hi Renee!
There are 100 birds that have eaten Bark Butter from all around the country. Your Iowa birds included!
http://www.wbu.com/barkbutter/birdlist.html
I think with you we'll focus on squirrel-proof feeding and will probably go with an Eliminator.
I had fun talking with you.
Love, your sister Nancy

[Renee]

Nancy,
Happy Wednesday! I was wondering about bark butter for my Iowa birds. What kinds of birds will be attracted or eat this? Also there are lots of squirrels in my neighborhood, will they be attracted too and eat it? I don't want to give them another reason to climb my trees and deck cover.
Love from your sister.

[The Zen Birdfeeder]

Syl - thanks - let us know how you like Bark Butter when you try it. Remember you can always get it online: http://bit.ly/NVzIk

[MaineBirder]

Great post Nancy! I will use these "recipes" to enhance our birds enjoyment of Bark Butter.

During the winter months, I smear Bark Butter mixed with some bird seed on large pine cones and hang them on my feeder pole system.

John

[Syl Lobato]

Found your article really great. I had never heard of bark butter. I have a Lewis Wood Pecker I am going to mix some up for. He is such a friendly bird that I am sure he will enjoy this. Thanks for your great post. Syl