- Lightkeeper's Journal

(You can purchase and blend other brands of bird seed sold locally in your city or town. Most of the brands and products listed are local to our area in rural Georgia and can be purchased online.)

Curtis & Norma's Recipes to Attract More Birds & Favorite Utensils

Curtis & Norma's "How to Attract Birds to Your Backyard"

Curtis' Peanut Butter Tree Spread Recipe

Norma's Semi-Homemade Beef-Fat Suet Recipe (vegetarian suet can be substituted)

Wooden Speed Spreader by Kitchen Carvers - (used for spreading the Peanut Butter Tree Spread)

Curtis & Norma's Favorite Bird Food and Bird Seed Blends

Unsalted Peanuts (that you cut up on a cutting board) - our most important bird food

C & S No-Melt Suet Dough - Peanut Butter Delight (used in tree spread recipe)

C & S Hanging Suet Basket (used for beef-fat suet recipe during Fall & Winter)

C & S Woodpecker Brick (Hard Suet)

3-D Premium Nut N' Berry (Bird Seed)

3-D Zero Waste Deck, Porch N' Patio Blend (Bird Seed)

3-D Premium Songbird Food (Bird Seed)

Scott Pet Premium Blend with White Millet, Safflower & Black Oil Sunflower

Tractor Supply's "Royal Wing" Grey-Striped Sunflower

Pennington Wild Bird Food - Thistle Seed

Pennington Nut & Fruit Blend Snack Stack - (we hang these in the tree)

Nature's Own Bird Food - Wild Finch Food (used during Spring/Fall migration)

Nature's Own Gold - Fruit N' Nut Bird Food

Curtis & Norma's Favorite Feeders, Nesting Box, Birdbath & Accessories

Tractor Supply's "Royal Wing" Hanging Tube Feeder (used only in cool/cold weather)

Tractor Supply's "Royal Wing" 2-Station Finch Bird Feeder - (used during Spring/Fall migration)

Tractor Supply's "Royal Wing" 12-inch Extension Hook (used to hang bird feeders)

Tractor Supply Glass Hummingbird Feeder with built-in perch (We use glass only and don't use the nectar with red dye. We use 1 part sugar to 4 parts distilled water.)

Lowe's Cedar Wood Bird House - Nesting Box for Eastern Bluebirds

Lowe's Wood Platform Bird Feeder - (Our favorite open bird feeder. It cleans up easily)

Lowe's Clay Plant Saucers no more than 2 inches deep - (This is a very economical birdbath and the birds love it. Can be glued to the bottom of a medium-size clay pot or placed on a flat plant stand.)

Our Clay Pot Bird Feeder - (Take a clay plant saucer and glue it to the bottom of a clay pot)

Our Clay Pot Birdbath - (Take a clay plant saucer and glue it to the bottom of a clay pot)

Curtis and Norma's Favorite and Most Used Bird Books

(Some of these books concentrate on the state of Georgia; however, there are many excellent bird guides that concentrate on other states or regions, including bird identification books and guides for locations worldwide.

Birds of Georgia by Dr. John Parrish Jr., Giff Beaton & Gregory Kennedy - (A must-have for birders in the state of Georgia. Easy-to-read with detailed information.)

Birding Georgia by Giff Beaton - (Another must-have and excellent resource for serious Georgia birders. The book has greatly increased in price because Falcon Publishing no longer publishes this book.)

Birds of Georgia Field Guide by Stan Tekiela - (A great little guide to identify the most popular birds in Georgia. Smaller size that is good for a tote or backpack.)

The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley - (An extremely comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and detailed guide for bird identification. Very helpful in identifying breeding and non-breeding birds.)

The Backyard Bird Feeders Bible by Sally Roth - (A very detailed and entertaining guide to feeding birds in your backyard. This book should be in the library of every backyard bird feeder.)

For the Birds - A Month-to-Month Guide for Attracting Birds to Your Backyard by Anne Schmauss, Mary Schmauss & Geni Krolick (This book is really helpful in feeding birds during the transition of the seasons.)

Conservation in Georgia

Georgia Water Coalition