Thursday 16 April 2009

another feeder customisation

Due to the vast amounts of seed they throw about the place, I've made a tray to go on the bottom. Its fixed on by threading some garden twine through 2 holes in the bottom (which also drain it) and up over the bottom perches which is then pulled tight and tied (for easy removal for cleaning). Its already collected loads of seed. I know you can buy this kind of thing, but this way it was only £1.70.. I'm a skinflint.

Bottom tray addition
They seem to love feeding in the tray almost as much as on the perches

Bottom tray addition
A rare moment of peace...

Posted by MattHB at 14:16

5 comments:

  1. swatson16 April 2009 at 15:22

    brilliant photos of the goldfinches matt and a great idea for the tray.Guess where I am sending hubby now?
    Sheila

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  2. denzil16 April 2009 at 16:04

    maybe their's a niche in the market for them matt at that price.

    denis

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  3. MattHB16 April 2009 at 19:00

    thanks for your comments! Ill post a close up of how I attached it.

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  4. Steve16 April 2009 at 21:05

    Cool idea, Matt, and I like the dowel perches as well. I wish I could get more than two goldies on my feeder but they fight too much at the moment. One day I'll have a tree big enough to hang a feeder that size from.

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  5. MattHB16 April 2009 at 21:07

    ours fight like crazy, we have 2 rival flocks I think, one of 3 and one of 4.. generally theyre chasing each other around the tree, its amazing to watch but noisy! I think the most Ive had on the feeder at once was 5.. normally they just split up and some go on the nyger feeder, some on the sunflowers

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