Listen to My Dad, Charles Kurtz, Talk About Birds

On September 11th, at 2:30PM, people are welcome to come over to Charles Kurtz’s backyard in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood and listen while he recounts his experiences over the years of attracting birds to his home. After the talk there will be a period of questions and answers, and participants are welcome to share their own stories.

610 SE 61st
Portland, Oregon, 97215,
between Belmont and Stark
There is a gray metalic Toyota
station wagon in the driveway.

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How To: Charles Kurtz's Suet Recipe

“Keep in mind, if we are ever out of food you can always go get the bird suet. If you were starving it would be very nutritious.” -my dad

-On commercial suet, birds will not eat it, probably because there is Paraffin in it.

-On cheap bird food, like millet, birds do not like it, however, you can add it to the suet mix.

ME: HAVE YOU EVER TASTED IT?
DAD: ARE YOU KIDDING?
DAD: THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. IF PEOPLE CAN EAT IT, BIRDS CAN EAT IT.

-Birds love peanut butter, ours has no emulsifiers.

-Tip: Cayenne pepper keeps away the squirrels, but not the birds.*
(For the record, we don't put cayenne pepper in our suet; we have rather plump squirrels.)

-Stay close by and attend at all times while cooking:



*Birds = No Saliva

( recipe )

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Backyard Bird Conversation

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LK: I’m going to make a bird zine.

CK: Bird zine?

LK: yeah

CK: Well, so, so, what do you want me to tell you about these? (My dad, Charles Kurtz, points to his list of 29 birds that have visited our back yard)



LK: When did you start collecting?

CK: Oh, well, you know, I started actually, I started putting out birdseed, well, I actually started when we lived in Laurel…in Irvington. I used to throw used bread out on the balcony of our house in the back, I don’t know if you remember the balcony…

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