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A Water Bottle and a Little Imagination….

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Hummingbird Feeder

Do you have a hummingbird feeder?

I have two.  One is the popular plastic variety, above, and the other is a beautiful glass one that my sister-in-law gave me for my birthday.

Hummingbird Feeder

However, when I first opened the glass feeder, I couldn’t find the stopper and feeding tube.  So, I went online and ordered a single stopper/feeder tube.

Imagine my surprise when I received the box in the mail and discovered that instead of just one stopper/feeder tube…..there were twelve.  I had evidently not read the fine print when I ordered them.  But, they were really inexpensive and I figured that I would use them someday.

Well, life has a way of getting busy and I forgot about the stopper/feeder tubes sitting in my closet until the other day.  I figured that there must be some way to make my own hummingbird feeder.

Okay, you might be thinking that I already have two and isn’t that enough?  My answer would be “NO” 😉

I am fortunate to live in an area where we have hummingbirds visiting all year long.  My plastic feeder is the most popular one with my little feathered friends and they occasionally visit my glass one.  But, I had the perfect place for my third feeder in mind….hanging from my Palo Verde tree in the back garden.

And so, I collected the tools that I would require:

– a plastic water bottle

– wire

-homemade hummingbird nectar

1 part granulated (white) sugar to 4 parts water

(I use 1/4 cup sugar for every 1 cup of water)

Boil 1 cup of water and then add sugar and stir until dissolved.

Boil for 2 minutes and then let cool.

Fill your feeder

1 stopper/feeder tube

I asked my husband if he wouldn’t mind wrapping the bottle with wire so that I could hang it from a tree.  In the meantime, I made the hummingbird nectar.

Hummingbird Feeder

You can see how one piece of the wire is wrapped around the bottle and then another piece is used to hook onto the sides of the wrapped wire.  You will notice that the wire is quite basic and not ‘curled’ into decorative shapes.  I didn’t have the courage to ask my husband to do that – but you certainly could 😉

It is important to not make any holes in the bottle since this interferes with the vacuum necessary to keep the nectar from leaking out.

I filled the water bottle all the way and then inserted the stopper/feeder tube and turned it over.  This action forms the vacuum that keeps all the water from leaking out.

You might notice that my nectar is not colored red.  It is not necessary and may even be harmful to hummingbirds.

Hummingbird Feeder

You could decorate the bottle if you like and make the wire into decorative shapes using needle-nose pliers if you like.  Since the stopper/feeder tubes were so inexpensive, I think this would be a great project for a group of kids.  I bought my stopper/feeder tubes on Amazon.

I admit that our little water bottle hummingbird feeder is rather simple, but within 24 hours of hanging it up….

Hummingbird Feeder

Believe it or not, rather plain feeder is the most popular one in my garden.  I have two hummingbirds visiting frequently during the day and then they take some time to perch up in the tree.

Hummingbird

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I hope you are all off to a great start this week.

I have a busy week planned.  I have a landscape consult today and a doctor’s visit, carpet cleaning, as well as planning my son’s birthday party later this week.  But in the midst of this busy week, my husband and I will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary.  My husband and I will be leaving the kids home and go out for dinner and a movie.  Later we will go on a trip for a few days…..I can hardly wait 🙂

“Talk” to you soon!

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