![]() ![]() Matching the perfect bird feeder or birdhouse for you means finding one that matches your lifestyle and decor. Need to get more feeders…they are very territorial, the ones that come and visit.Finding the best unique bird feeders and houses can make it possible to attract birds to your yard. I now have 2 feeders outside and we have about 4-6 humming birds. So hummingbirds hold a very special and dear place in my heart. I knew then that was my niece telling me that she was ok. She left and then came back again, this lasted for about 5 min total…then my mom came in and told me my niece had passed. I was out in the courtyard on the phone, crying, and all of a sudden this beautiful little hummingbird came up to me.straight up to my face not even 3 feet away…she stayed there dancing her little flying dance. My husband was in training in Louisiana with the Army at the time and I was talking to him. I was with my brother when she was taking her lasts breaths and to give him some privacy.I walked out, kissed my niece goodbye and told her I loved her. She fought a hard fight.for 31 days she fought. When my niece was born she was born at 24 weeks gestation. I love humming birds, they are my ultimate favorite bird.but it came due to a very sad reason. We love it when you share our posts on Facebook and Pinterest! Pretty, aren’t they? But trust me, they are even prettier when used by our little guests!Īs it is hard to catch a good picture of our little guests, we couldn’t catch any pictures of them on the newer perches, but here are some pictures of this lovely girl on the older perches. As the final touch, I added a red teardrop prism on top. Next, using floral wire, I created hanging loops on the copper arch. Then, using a floral wire, I attached it along the copper arch. For that, I put together a small arrangement of floral picks I had on hand. Now that both perch versions were complete, it was time to pretty them up a little bit. This was so the cut copper would be covered and wouldn’t hurt anyone when touched. …hot glued some faux berries on the cut part. …started to wrap the flattened ends around the dowel. With the notchless version, I placed the dowel on the flattened part and… With the notch version, I inserted the flattened copper ends into those notches. ![]() …but for the dowel with no notches, I flattened a longer part of the copper arch, as shown in picture below. For the dowel with the notches, I flattened only a little part of the ends… Then, I took my hammer and the copper arch outside to a stone (or concrete) surface, and hammered the ends of the arch to flatten them. ![]() Next, I cut a 24 inch length of copper pipe and bent it to make an arch shape. Therefore, if you don’t want to bother with the notches, then just have your 7 inch dowel and move on to the next step. I am not going to argue with that, but instead I will give you a workaround. ![]() Now, you might be thinking cutting a notch like that is not easy. I cut the dowels into 7 inch lengths, then I cut a notch at the both ends of the dowel. I also used a red prism/faux gem, because the red color attracts hummingbirds.įirst, I prepared my dowel pieces. To make a hummingbird perch, all I used was a short dowel (which I found among our son’s old toys), some floral wire, copper pipe (thick and sturdy wire could substitute) and some old faux flowers. Every year as they increase in numbers, we also increase the number of feeders and my DIY hummingbird perches, as they love swinging on them. Luckily, we managed to save them all (don’t forget to check the video above!), but what chaos!…2 adults and a kid, with huge butterfly nets in hands, going from shape to shape to lead the little birds outside without scaring them to death… meanwhile, the dogs are adding more excitement to that scene. Either they run around as if trying to trip us or they find the most convenient place to lay down: right under our feet! Can you imagine the comedy? LOL. But even that won’t stop us from trying to accommodate our gorgeous visitors. Yes, 4 birds came partying in our house and 3 of them were hummingbirds. ![]()
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