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Homemade Hummingbird Feeders

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Date: 10/09/2006 Topics: Craft Tips > Nature | Gardening > Birds & Bird Houses  
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How do you make a hummingbird feeder?

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Post By Otilea (Guest Post) (07/16/2008)
Hi,

It's really good but i was just wondering if you could put some pictures there so it is easier to make...

But I still liked it!

Thanks!

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Post by Qryztufre (56) | (03/03/2006)
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Humming birds like red - that's why many people add the coloring. It's NOT needed if you use a red container!

They actually like all bright colors but they enjoy RED the best, as that's proven to be the tastiest overall *shrug* Or so I've re(a)d.

I'd be leary of using just a bowl of sugar water though...at least in Michigan as it'll also attract bees and while bees are good too many in a single location is likely not.

I found this on a site:
"Please, do not put honey, Jell-O, brown sugar, fruit, or red food coloring in your feeder! Honey ferments rapidly when diluted with water and can kill hummingbirds. The effects of red dye have not been not scientifically tested, and it is not necessary to color the water to attract birds to your feeder. Further, there are unverified reports that red dye can cause tumors in hummingbirds; this may or may not be true, but why take the chance?"

*shrug*

a few links to "make" a feeder yourself..
http://rubyglen.com/crafts/hummingbird.htm
http://www.birds-n-garden.com/hummingbirds_crafts.html
http://www.motherearthnews.com/libr ... _Own_Hummingbird_Feeders___For_Free_
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/how_to/how_to_index.aspx#hummers
http://www.yankeegardener.com/hummingbird_feeders.html

Though, as an alternitive to the bowl feeder mentioned below they sell water feeders for small animals that have a "trough" at the bottom and house the liquid in a larger upside down bottle. Figure out a way to hang it and it'll serve the same purpose but last longer.

best of luck!
Q

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Post By Louise (Guest Post) (03/02/2006)
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I live in Arizona real close to the Mexican border and every year we have about 100 Humming Birds coming thru going back to other states,I had 7 large feeders out and they were emptied in a half day.honestly,my Husband and I were kept busy filling them up.so one day I found a couple of Folgers plastic coffee cans and cut them about 2 inches up from the bottom,making a bowl.I then used some of the wire on my planter pots[the kind where 3 strands are twisted together and make a hook at the top ] took an Ice Pick and heated it over the stove burner,made 3 holes near the rim of the bowl opposite each other.and filled them with sugar water.I hung them on a branch of the tree and had about 6 little birds feeding at the same time.also some of the song birds were eating sugar water too.please don't use RED food coloring in the feeders as it causes Cancer in the birds.yor Birds will be happy and the kids will enjoy watching all the birds that come to eat.

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Post By jeggie (Guest Post) (03/02/2006)
They may be hard to find right now but gourds make great bird feeders and bird houses. just put a hole in it, empty, and add a string to the top to hang.

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