Ant-proof hummingbird feeders made from bottles!

[@pocket83]

I NO LONGER RECOMMEND MAKING THIS! ... Instead, make the following feeder. It is much easier: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXW3nomZnslqisU

[@bondpaz]

Oh ok. Good because I don’t have those tools. 😊 Why don’t you recommend it?

[@emptynestgardens9057]

I love the look of this one though 😉

[@SteveRamsey]

Your videos are so filled with awe. Just mesmerizing to watch.

[@pocket83]

I really appreciate that. I try pretty hard to make it uber-visual. I want it to _feel_ like you can do it, or like you already did it.

[@amandaj8028]

I love how went from making the most intricate hummingbird feeder in the world to the simplest! Beautiful feeder !!

[@mattjohnston2]

The end shot is absolutely perfect, the way the chain is refracting through the bottle is fantastic!

[@AlbosNoggins]

A real work of art, thanks for sharing Mr Pocket! The ant-proof feature really is very clever, especially so because of its 'apparent' simplicity.

[@pocket83]

Thanks. It really works, too!

[@AlbosNoggins]

If nothing else one of the most wonderful things could be to watch them ponder with the mystery of it. After watching ants in the past I know how clever they are and how laterally they can think. I wonder if they'll find a way past the lake-of-denial (river denial . . hah!) :-)

[@JDeWittDIY]

Some species of ants make an ant bridge over water. Don't know if that will ever be the case for pocket.

[@AlbosNoggins]

That would be glorious to catch on film! I've seen an ant, stuck on a sticky table, being helped by another ant to break free. The second ant literally put his shoulder to the stuck ant and pushed. It was fantastic. Those little guys know how to work together.

[@Khether0001]

But I think those are fire ants native to south america only ... but if they do, they deserve their reward, lol☺

[@Smedleydog1]

Even if the humming birds don't find them attractive, I think most people will agree, they are much neater looking than the red and clear plastic ones everyone puts out. Great project!

[@suecox2308]

I think that's the prettiest hummer feeder I've seen--it's beautiful, and looks very professional.

[@MultiPets.]

What a privilege to have hummingbirds living in your own backyard. Great footage of them. And the copper wire work is neat as always.

[@Carpythesharky]

This is perfect for a mother's day gift. Hopefully I can get this together before Sunday! My mom and grandmother will love these, thanks pocket.

[@getredytagetredy]

The "lip" is called a flange...and you are a wizard at keeping our friends the Hummingbirds nice and happy...Very commendable...thank you...Great ideas .

[@nickblah6114]

Those are beautiful! The copper really brings it all together. thanks for the idea

[@veryadvancedofficial]

Please make more videos like this. On top of great workmanship, you're helping to preserve wildlife which is equally if not more endearing to a subscriber such as myself. Cheers

[@pocket83]

Noted. I like this stuff too, but sadly this video will probably not pay enough to justify its production. I just try to keep it diverse ;)

[@suecox2308]

Your other design may be simpler, but someone looking for a project will enjoy making this. It's attractive, too.

[@markgreen5161]

Thank You for the video ! Nice idea and work from simple tools and materials

[@Mulletmanalive]

Really envious that you have a reason to even think about making one of these...

[@yippleman7636]

Your wire work is absolutely amazing!

[@PictureMaria1]

You are such a pro! Beautiful feeder! Bravo!

[@wetdewlap8741]

Absolutely ingenious!! Wonderful video! Beautiful feeders!

[@stevet31216]

Wow! Thanks for sharing. Those are the prettiest homemade feeders I have seen, not to mention very clever design features. Using the marbles to displace the liquid was pure genius since they do two jobs at the same time, economizing on feed and attracting the birds with the color. Thanks again. Bravo, sir.

[@richardcline1337]

Hummingbirds are such fascinating creatures. Sadly, many people, while meaning well, create a toxic mixture for them by putting red food coloring in the sugar water. Hummingbirds don't do well with that. Buying a red or some other tinted feeder works well as the coloring doesn't get into the fluid and kill them.

[@PandaHeart88]

Thank you for showing how to color the feeder without using red dye

[@waygoblue4729]

Yes!

[@jonhohensee3258]

You don't need anything inside the feeder to be red.

[@MaybeDave]

You seem to be interested in anything and everything, and I appreciate that about your channel. I couldn't care less about hummingbirds, but I love your meticulous attention to detail and learned a lot. It's like watching Diresta build that cardboard box. The project itself is almost secondary to the craftsman.

[@pocket83]

Thank you. There's problems to solve everywhere, isn't there?

[@johns7483]

Nicely done, I love the ingenuity.

[@riverfawnrose301]

This is the best I’ve seen yet and gorgeous!

[@IndianaGraphics]

I caught your video on making the copper links / chain. I did not think too much about it. Now I see this video & have given a thumbs up as well as subscribed. Nice work!!

[@mike.correa]

Looks beautiful and the building process is just as fascinating!

[@Phiqtional]

You sir are super talented and make it look so easy. The finished item looks absolutely stunning.

[@theobscurelily]

What an excellent project! Functional, simple in design and beautiful too!

[@mrpoool1015]

Why is this so satisfying to watch?

[@Nono-hk3is]

Happy Spring to you too!

[@SavvasPapasavva]

Wow you live in such a nice place.

[@pocket83]

Except for the maddening preoccupation that the people here have with their grass and leaves, and its associated noise pollution, yes. We're trying to move to a more woodsy area, so that we can actually enjoy it without all of the anthropological garbage. Strange thing, culture. Why would an entire society obsess over grass?

[@sklikizos]

There are youtube channels in which adult human beings take pride in using their yards to assert dominance over their neighbors. It's absolutely baffling. I've been putting off purchasing a leaf blower/vac with an impeller (to quickly mulch leaves), but I think building a pedal powered mulcher might be more in line with my (our?) ideals. Thanks for setting my head straight, love your videos and ingenuity.

[@pocket83]

You can't fight it. You just have to move away from the suburbs. I mulch my leaves by just closing the chute and mowing them. I don't own a leaf blower. I have a rake. I'm also not overweight, but I'm not entirely certain that there's a causative correlation between the two. One of my neighbors leaf-blows daily. I once raked my leaves after a week's accumulation, starting when he started with his 24-hour amount. Both yards are similar. I finished first. Mowed leaves are also a nutrient-rich soil additive, which they bag and then throw away. To supplement the grass in order to achieve a supernatural green color and increase its growth rate, the natural nutrients must be replaced with spray-on chemical compounds. These are pump-sprayed out monthly by noisy trucks that fill the breeze with a chlorinated smell for the remainder of the day. Post-saturation, the product's excess simply runs off in the rain and into the water supply, where it causes the eutrophication of our surrounding waterways, lakes, and ponds. As I've said, culture can be crazy. BTW, my first major in college was environmental tech, so I'm not just blowing air here.

[@sklikizos]

Haha, nothing quite like a gust of well-informed wind ;) I've studied water quality extensively and agree with your cultural sentiments - though I'm not quite sure what to do about it other than my own part, and sharing that with those in my life. My city yard doesn't accumulate enough leaves nor is it big enough to justify the time or cost of using an electric/petroleum device. I rake/pile first, then use a reel mower (a new-fangled one with gears/chain - simple machines ftw!) and just leave the grass clippings for yard nutrients. I compost the leaves, preferring to use the mycorrhizal symbiosis in my vegetable garden. My dog just tears up the yard anyhow. I could probably just build a hopper under which my reel mower sits, and drive it with a bike/belt. What's your 17th degree? Mine is cabbage bowling.

[@marchimedian]

blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/04/the-problem-of-lawns/

[@sonomazin3422]

I happened upon your video in my search of combating the bombardment of ants on my hummingbird feeder and was rewarded with your expert craftsmanship in creating something so beautiful...a true work of art! Thank you for sharing! :)

[@alexonder1545]

Thanks for sharing the great ideas..

[@MichaelLawing]

I always learn a few things seemingly unrelated to the project itself. Thanks for that.

[@brianlanders5306]

I like the tutorial, it was well thought out and executed, but the only thing I would add is a hole in the top bottle to make it easier to fill, but it looks great and the added bonus is you made something for nature, that makes everyone feel good.

[@thecrazyisreal]

that humming bird has some serious aiming skills.

[@simidhel]

Excellent project and nicely done. No hummingbirds hereabouts but I might conduct the process as far as step 4 and add a loop...

[@matt113d]

I don't even need to watch before I hit like. All your content is brilliant and thought provoking. Keep it up!

[@pocket83]

Ha! Wow, thanks! I'll try not to let that go to my head. Umm... it won't; there's always a comment _yin_ to every _yang._

[@Dave-km4ws]

I think you are a genius. Thank you very much.

[@AndreaArzensek]

Beautiful final product accompanied by great tips! Thank you

[@WaterLines333]

I like this. Recycling what would be garbage into very useful and helpful items. Keep up the good work. Earned another subscriber over here.

[@Makebuildmodify]

Amazing special effects! They had an astonishing affect on me.

[@pocket83]

Thank you for catching that. I laughed.

[@SumDumChum]

I wish you made this like two weeks ago, I would have made this for mother's day. in still going to make this, amazing video!

[@pocket83]

I tried to get it out as quickly as I could. Sorry. I spent so much time on Iso-Path, that this ended up two weeks late. I still have only seen one hummingbird, so it just wasn't in the cards for mother's day.

[@SumDumChum]

Totally understand, hummingbirds haven't been out much yet here in Chicago much. Can't wait to make these they are so cool!

[@b18citr]

I like the prince of Persia music. Nice touch pocket!

[@TheCaphits]

Wow. What a lovely video. Well made, and a beautiful project. Really something to be proud of.

[@pocket83]

Thank you!

[@randyt]

This is wonderful! Thanks again for all your great content.

[@eradioarias3816]

Hermoso trabajo...gracias. 👍👏👏👏

[@videodred]

cool project and I like the variety of your projects.

[@RecipeForFun]

Man I just found you channel not too long ago...I think you've got brilliant stuff!

[@yvettec2942]

Beautiful. My next project. Love it

[@lyradawn4176]

this is prob my fav video youve done so far, love the goof at the beginning. thanks for sharing!!

[@LogicBob]

Great project!

[@Khether0001]

Extraordinary project! loved it! 😃

[@kortt]

sigh, and now my search for compatible glass containers begins. Thanks for sharing!

[@lambo5688]

excellent video. thanks Pocket!

[@ledraps22]

That's a beautiful craft, but also very effective too. Great video!

[@4thgradedropout980]

Good vibe, Pocket. You are cool.

[@SkyTheKoala]

It's like arts and crafts, but for adults! Good stuff Pocket mate.

[@RFAM05]

Fantastic project! Thank you

[@woodsmith_1]

Awesome work, as always. Love your attention to detail and clever execution.

[@aislinngraves4291]

Those are lovely.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Awesome project!

[@cheliwilliams1258]

Beautiful work! Cool tip- use Vaseline instead of water on the moat, hot glue bottom so it doesn't melt and seep down in the sun

[@Dadelyn3]

Very well explain,thank you for sharing love 💕 hummingbirds

[@mversantvoort]

Awesome copper work! Loved the video Pocket, great job once again :)

[@djAnakin]

Nice work.

[@-Diana469]

Thank you for the great tips!! subscribed!

[@-Sean_]

I really liked step #4!

[@pocket83]

Yeah, we did too! That's a nice brand for cheap stuff. And no need to uncork an entire bottle just for a glass or two.

[@drportland8823]

Nice job on the ant videos. (As for the hummingbird feeders, my back porch is overrun with honeysuckle--which pretty well obviates any need for a feeder).

[@Ammani-Yat]

awesome 👏 well done 👍

[@sergioramos734]

dude... you are simply awesome.. your content is diverse, the quality in video/audio is magnificent, the ideas are brilliant, creative and overall​ gratifying experience. I must add also that for a non native English speaker, your videos are lessons in this regard. keep up the excellent job. I can't wait for your next video every time I finish watching one . cheers!! and thank you.

[@paullozy9309]

This looks pretty good 👍

[@wat265]

This is freaking fantastic thank you for sharing

[@nowhereman7398]

Great ideas.

[@lauriebonfanti3018]

Beautiful!! Thank you 🙏

[@GetSquarewTomJolley]

nice video, interesting build

[@jamesscherping2461]

As a kid I would make the feeders with old pill bottles tied to a stick. Vaseline on the stick was my ant barrier and I would put a little bowl of water and sugar water nearby. I love the reuse of the bottles and the DIY flowers. Flowers often go missing. How deep do the flowers go into the jar?

[@timwhite9255]

Awesome! I am going to try that after i find suitable glass bottles.

[@pbsjones]

What lovely feeders! I have to tell you, though, I am always amused when folks make little moat ant guards. I have had ants make a bridge of their nest mates across an eight inch stretch of filled bird bath to get at my feeder!

[@JR-gc8el]

That's awesome I'm going to try to make one! Thanks!

[@MsJwolfe1]

What an awesome feeder! I bet you could sell these on Etsy!

[@janettehammons4020]

Love your videos. You take the time to explain. Which is really helpful. Can’t what to try some. I’m interested in the cooper. It will be something new to me. But , is alright. The end product will be worth it.

[@GraniteValleyDave]

Love it mate! Hummingbirds have always been one of my favourite birds. Wish we had them in Australia!

[@dudefixesstuff2153]

This is excellent!

[@NonnaBanona]

Beautiful work of art! I appreciate not only your crafty way of recycling, but creating a healthy vessel for your hummers. Many feeders today are made with some amount of plastic which has the potential of being toxic to them and the environment. Bravo.

[@RFAM05]

I had a difficult time finding the Martinelli's bottle, they are plastic now. But thanks to a relative in another state I now have 4 of them. Thank you for the video, I look forward to making some of these as gifts.

[@wwhiting007]

This is cool we were going to make some food for the birds wife wanted to make it red marbles did the trick. I also hope to try making your feeders

[@emrefifty5281]

awesome PROJECT

[@johnnygroebs4407]

Great vid!

[@wilderjimenez9501]

exelent idea very impresionant

[@ElusiveCube]

Loved it , great thanks.

[@angelicatun7507]

Great job on those beautiful hummingbird feeders! I love them. I have made a few using plastic soda bottles and plastic containers. I'm sure u could sell yours, best of luck!!

[@NavryVoj]

That is awesome, I love your projects

[@kay486]

whaa, why didnt the video end on the hummingbirds actually using the feeder?

[@pocket83]

I couldn't wait any longer. Bad weather, and we just now got our first hummingbird. Some of the footage here is years old. It's also not exactly easy to capture those sorts of shots- especially for what I get paid ;)

[@goldenduck7294]

+pocket83 more or less than $3 for a video?

[@pocket83]

Ha! That depends on the video.

[@VitorMoura]

Been a while since Ive enjoying your channel, greetings from Brazil!

[@juliarose550]

I have watched this video about 20 times now. This is a beautiful feeder. Although I don't have all the tools necessary to make this quite as flawlessly as you did, I'm going to give it a try. I thought they'd make beautiful gifts. Can you tell me where you purchased the clear red marbles? They're difficult to find, and the ones that I can find seem to be very pricey. I may end up going the route of the flat red glass vase filler stones instead. I do love the look of the round marble better though. Thanks for a great video and a great idea for my handmade Christmas gifts this year.

[@TheSciFiEngineer]

That is awesome! Art meets science meets engineering.... More please :D

[@celinher]

What a greatly well explained video and such a good taste! for these beautiful hummingbird feeders!! :-) using just a bit of plastic and nicely made with glass bottles!! Fantastic! And yes..I agree with other viewers: make some more models or similar videos!! ;-)

[@rk7921]

Thats hummazing pocket!

[@pocket83]

hummmMMMMmmmthanksszzzzzzzzZZZzz

[@kathyseacrist3813]

Beautiful

[@harringtondave10]

Loved it!!!