DIY :: Sunbird Feeder

Well, we don't have humming birds here...but surely have sunbirds...
so i decided to make a sunbird feeder... the process is same as that of humming bird feeder :)  

The materials:Plastic BottleA flat plastic container-this is hair gel boxScrews; Candle; Lighter
Melt the lid of gel container and fit in the bottle's neck
Melt the bottom of bottle and fit in the screw
Make 4 holes on the lid. It would be good to do this as the first step...
Fit in some flower petals. I took some left over ones
This is not a required step... i glued some dry twigs...

Though humming birds can remain in air and drink nectar;a sunbird might not be able to do that... So that's why the twigs...


This is the ready one......

















3 days later.........
My feeder was full of ants and their watery grave was too much to bear...

So I googled...and came to know about Ant Moat :)

There's the raw material:
A cap/ lid which u can dill from between...
for me, i luckily got a scrap cap from our water purifier...

 Attach the hook at the end of the cap....fill it with water and hang :)



Wait for the birds to discover and take a sip :)



2 comments:

  1. Will sunbirds discover it directly or will it take days?

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  2. If you place it near flowers the sun-birds drink from it won't tale long.

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