Northern Cardinal at platform feeder

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The cardinal is a common guest in our yard.  They like the black oil sunflower and safflower seeds. This is the first feeder I made. It’s a simple thin plywood bottom covered with some scrap flashing for protection, then added some 1 x 3 pieces around the sides.  It collected a lot of rainwater, so I added a roof supported by a large dowel rod that we had in our scrap wood bin.

Northern Cardinal


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