Two-story Galvanized metal Bird Feeder. Squirrel proof, yet to see.

Most every Wednesday, I shop the 25¢ Sale at Finds Thrift Store. 

From the warehouse and the parking area, for just two hours, they sell donated items that they cannot put in the store, many of which are just 25¢. 

When I saw this galvanized chimney cover ... I thought 'galvanized', every one loves galvanized !!! Special tagged $4.00.

But, what can I do with it ... so I just walked past it ... and  immediately saw what it could become and turned back to get it. 

Sigh ... another lady had stopped and put her hand on it. I knew she was trying to figure a use for it. I stood behind her and was just hoping she would take her hand off it and walk on. It seemed like minutes, but she finally walked away and I grabbed it. 

 I also bought this nice vintage white door that it is sitting on.

This will likely became a hall tree with a bench. 

$15.00 and loaded with nice hardware and a glass window.

Okay ... back to the galvanized chimney cap ... 

do you see what I am making? 

You guessed it ... a "squirrel proof" -  two story wild bird feeder.

I have built "squirrel-proof" feeders before, but squirrels are pretty smart ... so we will see.  

 Mr. Z. and I added a wooden platform to the end of the legs, putting a frame of thin boards to keep the seed from falling out.

Also floored the first open section about one inch below the opening. The lower section is pretty narrow, but birds do not have trouble getting in there. I primed and painted both boards to protect them from the weather.

 The first bird to visit was a little house wren. The roof has a nice over-hang to keep the birds and seed dry. I painted the roof  barn-red and distressed it just a little on the corners.   We laced rope in the chains and hung it in a tree with our other feeders. We had to move the yellow one to another location. Both the white and the yellow feeders are made with lamp parts and were to be squirrel proof, but the smart little squirrels figured ways to get in them.

 This one was moved to a tree next to our workshop.  The birds love these two feeders. 

  

 

 Doves love the white one. 
There is at least twelve, maybe thirteen,
Texas Whitewing Doves on this feeder. 

 I have not seen a Dove try to get in this one as yet.

  

The top section is large enough for a dove, but they are a little clumsy in flight and may not be able to land in there.

 I also feed the birds in the large rusty wire bird cage on the far left. 
The door is wired open and they go right in. They make a mess on the patio ... but we enjoy them so. 

These pictures were taken through our kitchen windows.

Beautiful Cardinals ... there is also a concrete feeder in the background to the right. 

We have lots of birds.

Thanks for the visit.

Do you think this feeder is worth the $4.00 I spent? 

Do you enjoy watching the wild birds?

We have had a lot of different birds pass through here. 

Hope to post on them soon. 

Blessings,

Audrey Z. 

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Cardinals Winter Nesting Wreath

 

Do you love Cardinals as much as I do?

When I saw this Winter Wispy Wreath made by Kim at  MadeInADay.com  I knew that it would fit right in with my Christmas decorations. 

I had the wispy grapevine wreath, although it was painted apple green, but just a little white paint solved that problem. 

I added a few twigs at the bottom to get the branched out look.

The six Cardinals came from Dollar General ... total cost of $3.00. The rest of the stuff, I already had. 

 

I painted this old mirror frame and it looks great hanging inside it in my Entry.

I added a garland of berries around the inside edge and made a small nest. Kim had some pretty golden berries around her nest. I had planned to just leave those off, but when I went to town today, I noticed the wild Chinaberry trees were loaded with these golden berries, so I stopped by the side of the road and picked a few. They are a little swiveled, but look pretty natural for this wreath.



Chinaberries have a rather large seed with a hole through the middle. As kids, we would let the berries dry; remove the skin and string the seeds and make a necklace and bracelet out of them. 

 

Kim's is more open and "wispy", which looks much better. I like the open wispy look.

 I did not have the tiny pine cones, so just added some round seed pods. 

 

Very easy to make and did not cost much.

Thanks to Kim for letting me copy-cat her. Hope you will visit her ... she has some great craft ideas. 

Hope you enjoyed the wispy winter wreaths.

Christmas Blessings. 
Audrey Z.

 

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