The Blue Sky Bistro ♥

I've added a fun blue glass bottle birdseed feeder to the Etsy shop! They won't be a regular - only when I happen upon a blue Skyy Vodka bottle at the recycle center - will these feeders be available.

I love the color of these bottles accented with the copper wire and pendant... 

I think the birds approve too!

 

St. Patrick's Day Birdhouses and Bird Feeders!

Add the luck of the Irish to your backyard with these cute new items in the Etsy shop!

They're back! - Rustic hanging birdhouse - The Irish Cottage.
I love the vintage "shamrock" carpet clamp!

Additional "green" birdhouses and feeders
The Loft, The Diner and The Cabin!

New this year! - The Irish Bistro - with a copper shamrock pendant!

Facebook Giveaway! - Glass Bottle Bird Feeder!

Facebook Giveaway!!  

Over 1000 sales in the Etsy shop! - Head over to our Facebook page: "Like" the page, leave a comment and your email address (here's the link: Rebecca's Bird Gardens - Facebook) and you'll be entered in a giveaway of your choice of a glass bottle birdseed or hummingbird feeder! Leave a comment on this post for an extra chance to win! In one week (9/8/2015) a winner will be randomly chosen. Check out all of the glass bottle feeders in our shop! Rebecca's Bird Gardens - Etsy

Rebecca's Bird Gardens in Country Gardens!

Last spring (May 2014) on a cold rainy day - Country Gardens Magazine came to our property and shot a series of photos on the construction of our living roof birdhouse and a DIY project of our glass bottle bird feeder.

So much fun!

Art Director Nick Crow and Rebecca

Photographer Karla Conrad - Art Director Nick Crow

Olive the grandkitty - wouldn't know how to harm a bird...

Writer Marty Ross

Check out the article in the spring issue 2015 and on line at these links:

Make a Living-Roof Birdhouse

Recycled Bottle Bird Feeder

Facebook Giveaway! ~ "The Bistro" - Glass Bottle Bird-Feeder

Carolina Chickadee

Head over to our facebook page to be entered in the drawing for this bird feeder! Here's the link:

Rebecca's Bird Gardens (facebook)

A winner will be randomly chosen March 29th! ♥

Male Northern Cardinal

A bottle of red...

... and a couple of Carolina Chickadees! ♥

Want to make this feeder? Here's the link: DIY Glass Bottle Bird-Feeders

If you're not into "do it yourself" projects, I also sell them in my Etsy shop! ♥

Outdoor Wednesday
I'd Rather B Birdn'
Wild Bird Wednesday
Nature Notes

DIY Glass Bottle Bird-Feeders

I recently conducted a class for the Master Gardener chapter that I'm a member of on making bird-feeders utilizing natural sources, recycled materials and re-purposed items. Of course the best bird-feeder is what nature provides: nuts, seeds and fruit from native trees, shrubs and wildflowers (and native insects)... Here's my hand-out for my "bird" talk I give:  Creating a Bird Garden

But - this class was all about creating bird-feeders and I came up with a few originals and I experimented with several I found on the Internet. I loved how my DIY Wine Bottle Bird-Feeders turned out, but drilling the holes in the bottles takes a little practice to perfect the skill (and I still shatter a few bottles occasionally). This DIY, however, is similar and requires no tools - drills, drill bits, etc...

Supplies:

• Recycled glass water bottle - it must have a threaded cap (carbonated water, seltzer water, sparkling water, mineral water etc.). Wine bottles (even if they have a threaded cap) won't work.
• (Gadjit) premade plastic feeder base. You can occasionally find these adapters (they are designed to make a feeder out of a plastic 2 liter soda bottle) at a pet store, but you can also purchase one from my Etsy shop for $3.50 - click here: Rebecca's Bird Gardens (Etsy)
• 6 or 8 gauge copper wire (Home Depot - less than a dollar per foot). 8 gauge is easier to bend, but I like the look of the thicker gauge (6 gauge).

Male Cardinal

How to:

Wrap the copper wire around the bottle. Start at the neck of the bottle (I make a small loop in the wire to have something to hold onto while I twist the wire). Continue wrapping the wire around the bottle making a hook or S shape at the top for hanging.  -Add some "bling" (jewelry pendant, etc.). 

Add birdseed - hang the feeder - watch the action!

Tufted Titmouse

Female House Finch (or is it a female Purple Finch?)

Male House Finch ~ Male Cardinal

House Finch ~ Carolina Chickadee

Downy Woodpecker

UPDATE!!

Featured at Better Homes and Gardens! - Recycled-Bottle Bird Feeder

This glass bottle bird-feeder, "The Bistro", is always available in the Etsy shop!  Decorative accents - your choice at checkout -  large tree (words in leaves), smaller tree or flower - all pendants are copper colored metal. Each feeder is unique and design will vary slightly.
Shop at this link: Rebecca's Bird Gardens - Etsy

I invite you to "like" my Facebook page to see all the Market happenings and my latest DIY projects! Click on this link: Rebecca's Bird Gardens (Facebook)