Bird lovers always ensures that every bird that lands in their yard gets food so they build a bird feeder. In this way, they are getting the birds’ attention and attracting them to stop by and eat. You can either build one on your own or you can simply purchase it. It is very easy to make one than spend money from your pocket. Bird feeder is where seeds or bird foods are place to attract and feed birds.

Homemade bird feeders can be made in different materials. You may find these materials either in your backyard, inside your house or anywhere visible. Usually the items that you think are useless can actually be put used as a material. A lot of individuals would rather make their own homemade bird feeders than buy one because it cuts off the costs of purchasing one significantly. Also if you build it yourself you can explore and create your very own bird feeder design and proportion.

In making homemade bird feeders, you have different choices for the material to use. Recycled products can also be used. It’s too easy to make your own feeder. If you want to use an empty plastic bottle for your own bird feeder, you need only 5 steps to complete making your own feeder.

What you need first is to thoroughly clean the plastic bottles and make sure to let it dry because it can spoil your bird food if you place it in a wet container.

Then cut holes from your bottle parallel to each one and insert sticks from these holes to allow free roaming birds to land on it. The sticks that you must insert should be long enough so the bird can comfortable rest on it. And some of the holes will be where the birds will stick their beaks to get food.After this you must have bird food ready such as sunflower seeds or other seeds that they might like; you can purchase them in local pet shops.

After that, you need to find a strong string or rope for tying the plastic bottle. What you should do is to tie the rope in the upper are of your bottle. And the final step in completing a bird feeder is finding a place to hang it where it will attract birds. The best area where you can hang it is in a tree - just make sure that you do not let it hang too low as you might scare the birds or too high whereas you’ll be having troubles maintaining it. Young children must have adult supervision when making their own homemade bird feeders.

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