Is Pumpkin Good for Birds

Large seeds like pumpkin and gourd are particularly attractive to larger birds like blue jays, and best offered on the ground, on a large flat rock or on a platform feeder. Some backyard birds also will eat pumpkin flesh if it’s opened and offered to them.

Is pumpkin OK for birds?

Feed the birds After you’ve spooked the neighbours with your ghoulish gourd, you can hang up half the carved pumpkin as a temporary bird feeder, putting seeds and fat inside it. Birds will eat the pumpkin, too, so you can also just cut it up and put it out on your bird table.

Can birds eat pumpkin skin?

If you’re making a pumpkin pie or soup in autumn, don’t waste the tough outer skin – put it to good use and turn it into a bird feeder. Learn how to grow pumpkins. This simple design will attract a variety of garden birds, which can nibble at the exposed pumpkin flesh as they dine on the seeds.