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We also put our Christmas tree to further use. I move it onto the deck (just off my family room and under the feeders) a day or two after Christmas.We then trim it with bird seed ornaments that we make ourselves that are hung with raffia. I leave it up for weeks. It draws more birds up close to the feeders and I can get some wonderful pictures. I have a good recipe that makes the hard ornaments if anyone is interested. If I have young ones here for New Years I can usually get them to string cranberries and popcorn to put out there as well. It's really quite festive. Lottie Bushmann Columbia, MO On Dec 12, 2011, at 6:08 AM, Margy Terpstra wrote: > Fear not, Dency. I have birds on both of our decorated trees that I > also have > collected over the years. My favorites are the unique ones that are > handmade > by different artists; dear friends and our kids have given me many. > I have a 4' > 'woodland tree' in the breakfast room that is dedicated to birds and > other > critters we've seen in the woods. > > Last year, we asked our neighbor for her live Christmas tree when > she took it > down and Dan staked it out by the feeder. The birds used it into > March for > cover, I would sprinkle mixed bird seed on it after snow fell. It > was a big hit > and we hope to have more leftover trees this year to put out there > for them. > > Margy Terpstra > Kirkwood, St. Louis Co, MO > [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/