A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Hobbies, Crafts and Creativity The Bird Lovers Forum Hey Thorny and Dodge 25¢ HBfeeder did it !!!

I stopped at a yard sale on the way home from work the other day, I noticed a red disk shape on a table,, I asked if it was part of a hb Feeder,, 'she' said yes but the top was broken and she couldn't find anything to fit it,, ( I had just remedied that problem my self last week ,,. tho she didn't know it ) I gave her a quarter got in the car and took off,, I figured if I could do it once I surely could find something that would work to hold the water, I was drinking aqua fina water in the car.. so at a red light I guzzled it down and tried it in the threads of the feeder and it fit Perfectly! Yipeeeeee,, I got home got a zip tie and some fine gaged cable , looped and clamped the cable ends looped thru the zip tie and tightened it around the base of the bottle into a preformed groove to create a way to hang it ' took the aqua fina label off and place a brighter and more red label from another bottle I had on it and Walllllllllllllllaaa And yes I sterilized both the bottle and the base feeder before filling with sugar water.




It worked!! I mean it really worked! this first picture I got thru the kitchen window,,

More pictures from UP there,,


These aren't really good I was too far away and it was too light in the back ground but at least this little one stayed around,, for a bit;

Hey, that's the same hb feeder I have. aqua fina huh? I'll keep that in mind.
very nice arch you have there too.

angleblossom also get's cricket gold star for re-using.

If you build it (and fill it), they will come.

Yay. Another 'fixer-up woman'

Cricket Yep Aqua fina,, the other bottle I used was an empty hand sanitizer bottle,, And thanks for the gold star!!

you said it would happen Thorny!!

Tamara,, girlllll we have to use what we can and hope it works,, but then again we are resourceful ,,,,,, aren't we?? :wink:

I only wish I had an actual gold star to present to you. but, I just last week learned how to do the font size and color.
maybe someone else can give you the actual star!

I couldn't tell, is there something growing on your arch?
I'd love to see more pic's of that.

Angelblossom your a gem.........
Couldnt have done better myself...

Happy to see you get the photos like that.......Real cool.

I had computer problems, and just found out now.. Thanks for telling us.

Happy shooting..........

I have NEVER spent over $4.00 for any of my feeders (although I've had my eye on a $10.00 feeder lately)

diane, that's great. I love that arch. Do you have a new address. I got something back I sent.

thanks Dodge Cricket and Sheri,,Nope I haven't moved Sheri,,,,,,, same addy I sent you an PM and you too Cricket

Heyyyyyyy Dodge I need your camera,, By the time I see the HB My camera doesn't cooperate,, it's good for close shots and if something is still for a long time but not for Fast moving HB's I have continous shot mode BUT it takes it out of focus in all modes,, I spent most of this afternoon practicing different settings,,

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww
I feel for you ............Everyone should have my canon....I know Sheri does, cindy,rachel(I think) Loz, jiffy,Bill, Thorn has an added slr ......or something.

Put money in a jar and hide it from yourself......LOL soon have enough.
I know you have nicer flowers , so that makes up for it.

:ding: :ding:

Dodge a few minutes ago a hummingbird hovered right in front of me,, Like he/she was introducing it's self, I was afraid to raise the camera at it,, I didn't wasnt to scare it off,, it was awesome within 2 feet of my face,, like it was getting a real good look at me,, ,, I think I have the same one coming here, I haven't seen the blue on in a couple of weeks tho,, but this brown one is here daily ................ morning until around noon .. then in the evening,, last night around 8:30 my neighbor and I saw close to 10 of them!!!!!!!!

I do love my camera. I had another one before this one and this is so much better. I told Johnny last night that it's the best present he has ever given me.

My gosh that is a winner.. YOur better than mine ever was.. 4 is the most I seen here..

try to set near with a camer and not move..

LOL
How?

concur

Hubby says I need a bigger one....LOL
He is loving my finds.........

The next step up from yours, Dodge is a digital single lense reflex camera, Dodge, abbreviated DSLR. The best I've found is a Canon EOS Rebel XTI or XSi. I have the XSi which is the newer version. It has 12.2 Megapixels but no optical zoom. You buy different lenses for different types of photography. The lenses are sold separately from the camera. For bird photography, I recommend an EF 75-300mm Zoom lense these cost $100 - $200. This is the CHEAP lense. Lenses for bird photography can cost up to $10,000.00. I'm saving upfor one of those Big Boys right now. I should be able to afford one in a couple of Millenia. You will also want o get a polarizing filter and a UV filter. These cost from $10 to $100 apiece. My son got a deal on a Hoya Polarizing filter for my camera. Hoya are the best. He got it for $20.00. I bought a Walmart UV filter for $10.00.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Doubt if I will go that route...
Yours is top of the line........

so are the photos......
I think I will stay with Sheri now..LOL

Hey I'm gonna get the S5, too......eventually.

$10,000 more down the road huh?????

Good luck , keeps you out of trouble.. Is that what son does for a living/

Me too!

cuz I want better pictures than this,,




I did discover a white balance in the camera yesterday,, it's not even in the manuel so I played around with it and found a good setting for the arch feeder with the sky in the back ground but by the time I did the humming bird was gone,, and if I set it on High quality it comes out better tho it would require resizing,, but I can handle that,,
I took this picture of this bird,, on my neighbors roof, toooooooo many of them here they are mean to other birds,,and take dives at them

That is lots better......Now one thing for sure, the black isnt showing up , because the light falls on the wrong side of the bird.
Black is sssssoooooooo hard to pick up, even with my camera......Just relax and enjoy the birds..LOL

you did great with feeder and camera.

Diane that's a great picture!! And I love your arch.

I'm getting my $10,000.00 lens tomorrow.

right after I eat lunch with Elvis.

Than' you furrr mush.

:ding: to :ding:

Speeches from afar..............

diane, i LOVE the humming bird in the arch pic. it looks like a suspended cross, love it!

Thanks Jiffy~

I saw aI new one today,, It had red on the throat,, white ring , bluish body,, I also saw a couple of young ones this evening at the feeders,, This one I saw really close thru the kitchen window,, But went to get the camera it went to the other feeder,, But It least My pictures are getting closer,, still not clear But closer,,




this one comes every day like clock work,, between 6:20 to 7 am,, same times in the evening,,, it has a cream colored chest,, Brown 'rusty body , and when it fans it's tail there is a cream colored wide stripe

Thats pretty good, already....
The first one, red throat is the Male.
rednecker .

The red disappears and gets redder as it turns its head.. Use binoculars if you have them.....i didnt get babies. Wahhhhhhhhhhhh

Your doing great .. Very nice photos.. 25c well spent........All the fun we get.

good shots diane. i'm enjoying them.

Your Cream colored Hummer is a Rufous Hummer. Might daughter lives in College Station, TX, and at my request hung some Hummer feeders. Today she sent me pictures of THREE Rufous that are coming to her feeders.

very Cool Thorny,, !!!!!!!!!! I'm glad the Rufous was confirmed!! and Glad your daughter Hung Feeders too!!

PS........I bought 2 more hummer feeders today.. Put them up and have 2 visitors so far.

ALso bought a winter feeder for the large birds so I can get some snow photos of birdies.......I am cuckoo.......

great picture Diane.

no you are not barb---
in the warm months I put up food for the hummingbirds, the orioles, and the finches. In the winter I take down the hummingbird feeders and I put up the large feeder for the wild birds. It helps them and it provides entertainment for us.---so I figure it is a win--win situation.

Thanks

SWEET PEA & HUMMER..........NOT CLOSE BUT CUTE......

great pic! I'll be putting in some sweet pea seeds in a couple of months. I hope mine look as pretty! I have 3 hummers right now, apparently 2 males and a female that fight over my feeder. I have a cypress vine in the back, maybe 50 yards away, and I never see any hummers around it! I guess I spoil them. or maybe they just like to fight?
black eyed susans in the background, dodge...or sunflowers?