Gardener Creates a Simple ‘Chirp Charcuterie Board’ in 5 Easy Steps — and Birds Are Obsessed With It

The video opens with the birdkeeper laying out the buffet in her hanging wooden feeder. The birder first brings a large pink spatula and spills a pool of sunflower seed mix in the feeder tray. Maria Kincaid, a bird nerd and ornithologist at FeatherSnap, told Homes & Gardens that choosing the platter and filling up the tray is the initial step "you need for a bird buffet."

"Avoid any seasoned foods and nuts. All foods should be plain, cooked where necessary, and cut up into smaller pieces for the birds to consume easily," warned Kinchaid. Another video in the series, which has garnered more than 10 million views, displays a compilation of clips that show the different bird guests visiting their “chirp charcuterie board” feeder to relish the banquet. The guest list includes a white-breasted nuthatch, a tufted titmouse, a blue jay, a rose-breasted grosbeak, a Northern cardinal, and a red-bellied woodpecker, apart from the Baltimore orioles mentioned above.

As much as you focus on the variety of traditional, healthy bird food, it is important to provide a source of hydration for the feathered visitors. While other birds were immersed in enjoying the buffet, a woodpecker in the video seemed a bit overwhelmed by so much food. "The woodpecker looked around like, ‘Wow, all of this for me,’" commented @shebakes.

Different clips received different reactions and observations from bird enthusiasts. Referring to an oriole dipping its beak in the jar of grape jelly, @midnightsnacker wrote, “I love how the Oriole birds always go for the jelly.” People also shared different comments about the bird visitors appearing in the video. “That oriole is gorgeous,” said @quinlemmon. @bennywilde commented, “To be a bird in your neighborhood!”   

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