Do you feed the birds in your garden? We would love to hear from you why you do, or don’t. Add your views in the comments below. You can also find the template and more details behind the physics in his book, Mr. Shaha’s Marvellous Machines: Adventures in Making Round the Kitchen Table. The project is just one of its featured STEM tutorials. This was used as a template by placing it over a piece of card, taping one edge to stop it moving and then using a modelling knife* to cut around the template and through to the card beneath. Flip the bird over. Place the tip of the bird’s beak on your finger and it should balance. How to Make a Balance Bird? 5

Each piece has been expertly crafted from a selection of high-quality metal materials including wrought iron, aluminium and steel. Ideal for placement within flowerbeds or grassy areas, the delicacy and intricacy of each design will bring a real sense of charm to any outdoor space. Where a failure does not amount to a major failure, Mr Toys is entitled to choose between providing you with a repair, replacement or other suitable remedy. But if we could move the balance point with the dissimilar weighted ends we could yet again balance the see saw. It might seem strange that the bird is perfectly balanced at the beak location. But this is because the bird is designed this way. The wings are extended in front of the beak far enough, and made heavy enough, to balance the weight of the bird behind the beak.Fold the straw in half and tape it to the underside of the bird so the center of the straw is just behind the head and the bent sides extend under the wings. Tape one penny near the tips of the wings on the underside of the bird. Try to put them the same distances from the edges on both sides. Mr Toys may elect to return the product to the manufacturer's repair agent to determine the nature of the problem. Multiple independent studies indicate that the genuine pleasure we gain from feeding birds is what motivates us to keep doing it. Nowhere is this more evident than in Australia, where vast numbers of people put out food for wild birds despite widespread opposition from wildlife and conservation agencies.

Here in the UK, we are putting vast amounts of supplementary food into the environment for birds every single day. In fact, work by Dr Melanie Orros and Professor Mark Fellowes at the University of Reading has estimated that the volume of supplementary food provided has the potential to support as many as 196 million garden birds. Astonishingly, that’s approaching half the total number of birds thought to be at large in the UK countryside*. Store your seed mix in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight and below 14 °C, we recommend using an airtight container to ensure that the seed remains fresh for the period up to the best before date.Fortunately, we can do a lot to reduce these risks by following best practice guidelines to garden bird feeding – including offering a variety of foods from trusted sources in different locations around the garden, feeding little and often so that food isn’t exposed to the elements for long periods, and ensuring that feeders are cleaned and moved regularly to avoid an accumulation of waste food or bird droppings. Seed mixes can be fed to wild birds in a number of ways. From a Bird Table, Seed Feeder or Window Feeder for garden birds who prefer eating at a height and out of reach from predators, or use a Ground Feeder for ground feeding birds. Technology - Methods, systems, and devices which are the result of scientific knowledge being used for practical purposes. The two pea sized balls do not have to be exactly the same weight, some variation can be tolerated which will be evident in a tilt. This will only really be an issue if the bird topples over at the slightest touch.