What Size Dowel For Humming Bird Swing

Do you want to attract some hummingbirds? Learn how to make a pretty hummingbird perch with some copper piping, a pocket-size dowel piece and some faux flowers.

Dearest at get-go sight! This pretty much sums up my feelings for hummingbirds. My starting time time meeting these beautiful creatures was 6 years ago (when I came to United states of america for our hymeneals), and ever since they became my all-time favorite visitors to our backyard. I think the feeling must be mutual, as they are becoming friendlier than ever. Not similar "allow'southward feed from the closest feeder" friendly, but actually REALLY friendly! More than like "YAY! The screen doors are open again, allow'due south political party inside!" kind of friendly. And no, we don't accept whatsoever feeders hanging inside!

This yr's full is 4. Yes, 4 birds came partying in our firm and iii of them were hummingbirds. Luckily, nosotros managed to salvage them all (don't forget to check the video above!), simply what chaos!…2 adults and a child, with huge butterfly nets in hands, going from shape to shape to lead the little birds outside without scaring them to death… meanwhile, the dogs are adding more excitement to that scene. Either they run around as if trying to trip u.s.a. or they find the most convenient place to lay down: right under our feet! Can you imagine the comedy? LOL. But even that won't stop us from trying to conform our gorgeous visitors. Every year equally they increase in numbers, nosotros also increment the number of feeders and my DIY hummingbird perches, as they love swinging on them.

To make a hummingbird perch, all I used was a short dowel (which I plant among our son'south onetime toys), some floral wire, copper piping (thick and sturdy wire could substitute) and some old simulated flowers. I also used a ruddy prism/faux jewel, considering the ruby-red color attracts hummingbirds.

First, I prepared my dowel pieces. I cut the dowels into 7 inch lengths, then I cut a notch at the both ends of the dowel.

Now, you might be thinking cutting a notch similar that is not like shooting fish in a barrel. I am non going to argue with that, merely instead I will give you a workaround. Therefore, if you don't want to bother with the notches, then just have your 7 inch dowel and movement on to the next step.

Adjacent, I cut a 24 inch length of copper pipe and bent it to make an arch shape.

Then, I took my hammer and the copper arch outside to a stone (or concrete) surface, and hammered the ends of the curvation to flatten them. For the dowel with the notches, I flattened only a little part of the ends…

…but for the dowel with no notches, I flattened a longer part of the copper arch, equally shown in flick below.

With the notch version, I inserted the flattened copper ends into those notches.

With the notchless version, I placed the dowel on the flattened part and…

…started to wrap the flattened ends effectually the dowel.

And then, I cut the excess function and…

…hot glued some false berries on the cut part. This was so the cutting copper would exist covered and wouldn't injure anyone when touched.

Now that both perch versions were complete, it was time to pretty them upwards a little bit. For that, I put together a small arrangement of floral picks I had on paw.

And then, using a floral wire, I attached it forth the copper arch.

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Next, using floral wire, I created hanging loops on the copper arch. Every bit the final impact, I added a red teardrop prism on top.

Here are our hummingbird perches.

Pretty, aren't they? But trust me, they are fifty-fifty prettier when used by our petty guests!

As information technology is difficult to catch a skillful movie of our little guests, we couldn't catch whatever pictures of them on the newer perches, merely here are some pictures of this lovely girl on the older perches.