Free 186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook:  
Get 2,000+ tool plans, full site access, and more.

User Tag List

Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Feeding birds out of your hand - GIF and photos

  1. #1
    Jon
    Jon is online now Jon has agreed the Seller's Terms of Service
    Administrator
    Supporting Member
    Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Colorado, USA
    Posts
    25,409
    Thanks
    7,916
    Thanked 38,544 Times in 11,260 Posts

    Feeding birds out of your hand - GIF and photos

    I saw this hummingbird mega-feeding GIF, and was reminded of a trick someone showed me to get hummingbirds to land in your hand.



    It works well with this type of multi-hummingbird feeder. You just put your fingers on the edge of the feeder, and they land on your hand. Worked the first time for me. Wash your hands after, bird foot is gross.



    Hummingbirds are pretty bold though. How to get other kinds of birds to land in your hand? There are various ways, but here's the coolest:



    This is Bill Bird-In-Hand, a cardboard bird feeder man. Easy to make yourself, but also commercially available. I've never used it, but there's enough chatter about it (including a book) that I believe it works.






    Previously:

    Wooden hummingbird model - GIF

    186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook
    Last edited by Jon; Sep 24, 2023 at 11:17 PM.

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to Jon For This Useful Post:

    Seedtick (Oct 10, 2017)

  3. #2
    Supporting Member mklotz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Location
    LA, CA, USA
    Posts
    3,433
    Thanks
    357
    Thanked 6,370 Times in 2,116 Posts

    mklotz's Tools
    It's hard to believe but there is a species of hummingbird that migrates north to south across the Caribbean every year. They congregate on the south coast of the US to "tank up" before setting out. Several groups of bird lovers set up these multiple feeding stations to help them take on the calories they're going to need.

    Of course, if you really want to watch them feeding close-up, you need one of these...


    2000 Tool Plans
    ---
    Regards, Marv

    Home Shop Freeware
    https://www.myvirtualnetwork.com/mklotz

  4. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to mklotz For This Useful Post:

    Jon (Oct 10, 2017), Moby Duck (Aug 4, 2019)

  5. #3
    Jon
    Jon is online now Jon has agreed the Seller's Terms of Service
    Administrator
    Supporting Member
    Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Colorado, USA
    Posts
    25,409
    Thanks
    7,916
    Thanked 38,544 Times in 11,260 Posts

  6. #4
    Supporting Member Frank S's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Location
    Peacock TX
    Posts
    11,172
    Thanks
    1,970
    Thanked 8,760 Times in 4,192 Posts

    Frank S's Tools
    Quote Originally Posted by Jon View Post
    <video controls autoplay loop>
    <source src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/hmt-forum/hummingbird_almost_pecking_persons_eyes.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    Your browser does not support the video tag.
    </video>
    My wife would like to see some humming birds come ot this part of the country She used to keep some feeders out hoping to see some but someone told here that in all they ears they have lived here they have never seen a single humming bird. Me the only birds I watch for are of the big variety flying overhead if I see 1 start making dives for the chickens, puppies or cats I'm going to put them on the endangered species list. We have this 1 huge owl fly over once in a while but he don't pay the chickens any mind I did see him carrying off a snake once, and any bird that will carry off snakes gets my vote.



    186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook
    Never try to tell me it can't be done
    When I have to paint I use KBS products

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •