Manchester: Gail Coote holds a pinecone for her son Henry, 3, the spread shortening on as her daughter Lilly, 5, dips her pinecone in birdseed as they make bird feeders at Manchester Public Library Thursday afternoon. Kids could make birdfeeders with either pinecones, plastic bottles or cardboard orange jiuce containers to help bring birds into the backyard as spring approaches.

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