Home made feeder. (2 Viewers)

[Bird spotter]

Looks good and should do the job well, just a question of waiting to see which bird is first to arrive

 

[Jaysan]

Looks good Mr. Moose.

Haven't seen any visitors on mine yet...

 

[Zukn]

I'm considering buying some of those mesh fat guards for frying pans and attaching them on chains under my feeders. To save on the amount of ground cleaning I have to do

 

[Jaysan]

Saw the first bird on the feeder - a robin.
Don't think he cared too much for the seeds. Maybe I should add some meal worms to the mix.

 

[moose1991]

Looks good and should do the job well, just a question of waiting to see which bird is first to arrive

First bird I've seen on it was a Blue Tit just now.

edit. 20 minutes later the starlings have found it.
Only took them almost a week to 'find' it.

 

[wildlifelove]

How does the wood stay to the baking sheets? glue?

 

[moose1991]

Screws.
Drill a hole through tins & wood then screw it together

 

[moose1991]

Major design flaw with mine.
Now it's raining the bottom tray is full of water as the top tray isn't big enough to cover it properly.
The seed is soaked so i've tipped it all out on the ground

 

[moose1991]

Major design flaw with mine.
Now it's raining the bottom tray is full of water as the top tray isn't big enough to cover it properly.
The seed is soaked so i've tipped it all out on the ground

Finally got around to correcting the feeder after chucking it in the shed for months.
I used the bottom of a broken feeder .
Wonder if it any better now, considering it hasn't rained since I fixed it.

 

[tweezak]

I like your design! Very creative. I'm thinking that I might be able to do something similar by going to the local thrift store and buying a cheap pot lid to use for the top.

Here is one of my designs for a sunflower seed feeder. It gets as much activity as any other feeder at our place (though we are still pretty low on birds overall).

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=ffb7ebb90b8d7a6f197ccd16d2c31a13&prevstart=12