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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3535#post99367