Fat cakes feed the birds, and save your drains

2008-11-16T14:21:00.000-08:00

If you want to save yourself the expense of calling a plumber, one thing you can do is collect your used cooking fat, and pan drippings instead of rinsing them down your sink. Putting cooking fat down your drains is for the birds, well it should be. This winter why not use your collected fat drippings to feed hungry birds.
A simple to make bird treat is called Fat Cakes. The Fat Cakes mixture can be put in small cans, like tuna cans, or stuffed into bottle caps screwed to an old piece of log.

2 c. of melted fat 2 c. corn meal 1 c. peanut butter
Directions: Mix all ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat. Cook for 3 minutes or until well blended. Pour into containers and refrigerate or freeze until needed. There are a couple of old fashioned ways to serve up this recipe If you use the small cans, before filling them, drill 3, 1/8" evenly spaced holes around top sides of can. Attach 3, 8" pieces of string or wire to can. When can is filled it is ready to be hung from a branch or feeder. If you want to save yourself the expense of calling a plumber, one thing you can do is collect your used cooking fat, and pan drippings instead of rinsing them down your sink. Putting cooking fat down your drains is for the birds, well it should be. This winter why not use your collected fat drippings to feed hungry birds.
A simple to make bird treat is called Fat Cakes. The Fat Cakes mixture can be put in small cans, like tuna cans, or stuffed into bottle caps screwed to an old piece of log.

2 c. of melted fat 2 c. corn meal 1 c. peanut butter
Directions: Mix all ingredients in a sauce pan over medium heat. Cook for 3 minutes or until well blended. Pour into containers and refrigerate or freeze until needed. There are a couple of old fashioned ways to serve up this recipe If you use the small cans, before filling them, drill 3, 1/8" evenly spaced holes around top sides of can. Attach 3, 8" pieces of string or wire to can. When can is filled it is ready to be hung from a branch or feeder.

Shorebird festival

2008-03-28T16:24:00.000-07:00

NATURALIST'S WEEKEND & 11th ANNUAL SHOREBIRD FESTIVAL
Join us at the Tofino Botanical Gardens and the Clayoquot Field Station for a 3-day program which includes:
Two nights dormitory-style accommodation (Private Suite available at additional cost)
Two breakfasts
Three seminars/slideshows
Ample opportunities for guided birding and “intertidaling” with biologists and naturalists.
Read more details about Tofino's Shorebird Festival and Naturalist's Weeknend here...
http://www.tbgf.org/

2007-12-11T11:54:00.001-08:00

under constuction

Birding

Fat cakes feed the birds, and save your drains

Shorebird festival