Last weekend we attempted the hummingbird feeder. We took an old juice bottle and inserted bendy straws in the bottom, surrounded them with hot glue and decorated the bottle with red flowers (red draws the hummingbirds). The theory is that when you pour in the sugar water and recap the lid the vacuum that is created will cause the liquid to stay in the bottle until the hummingbird drinks it... nope! All that sugar water poured out - over the rug as we carried it outside, over Mark's shirt as he hung it, and all over the bushes and patio after it was hung. A feast for the ants but not really very convenient for the hummingbirds. All in all - a complete failure. Oh well - we had fun making it.
Emily is on her Spring Break this week and is looking forward to a visit from her Dad for a few days (who arrives tomorrow)as well as meeting her Grandparents and Great-Aunt at port when they disembark from the Disney Cruise for the day. 
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Oh Well - It Didn't Work
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Oh well, good attempt!
I have a piece of wood sitting across some branches in a tree. I naild some little plastic containers onto it, then filled those with shot glasses (plastic ones). The birds love them.
But I'd guess hummingbirds are a whole other kettle of bird, lol.
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