Nesting Material Holder - Bird

Nesting Material Holder - For Birds

Enjoying all the birds around our woods is spectacular; we enjoy all their wonderment.

I thought that by making nesting material available it would be nice.

Using colorful items would allow us to see the nesting work development.

Therefore, I came up with a way to have nesting material available for them to use.

A roof was added because, there was a concerned that the material would get wet and unsuitable for usage.

Using a metal wire cage - I believe it is used for sued feeding cakes to birds - is

already proven that the birds can attached to it and access the material.

Leaving strands out will allow birds easily see it and to pull it out.

I am using an old swing chair stand to hang from but it can be hung from a tree.

There is a hinge on one side of the cage that allows the managing and adding material.

I choose yarn and cotton balls; depending on the usage, I will add more or change to something different.

Supplies

• Nesting material
• Yarn acrylic -
• color optional - I choose orange
• Size optional - I choose 5 inch lengths
• Cotton Balls - 100% pure cotton
• I used Jumbo size
• Building material
• Aluminum - Trim coil used for house siding (thickness - nominal 0.022 or 0.024 inch)
• Cut to size 12 inch by 12 inch
• Main bolt
• Threaded screw 1/8 inch diameter by 2 inches in length
• Nuts
• Thread nuts matching main bolt (5X)
• Washer large
• 1 inch diameter 1/16 thick 3/16 diameter center hole 2X
• Small washer
• 3/8 inch diameter 1/16 thick 3/16 diameter center hole 5X
• Metal wire cage - I believe it is used for sued feeding cakes to birds.

Tools

• Scissors
• Razor knife
• Ruler and yard stick
• Micrometer
• Tape measure
• Pencil
• Deburring tool
• Drawing triangle
• 1/8 diameter drill bit
• Electric Drill
• Adjustable wrenches 2X
• Pliers - optional to bend the chain

Roof cutting, deburring, drilling and bend a pitch 

• Roof
• cutting and deburring
• Using the razor knife cut the:
• Aluminum - Trim coil used for house siding (thickness - nominal 0.022 or 0.024 inch)
• Cut to size 12 inch by 12 inch
• Using the deburring tool
• go over all top edges
• go over all bottom edges
• Find center of 12 by 12 aluminum by:
• using the yard stick draw lines from one comer to the next to mark an X in the middle
• Drilling
• Drill 1/8 diameter hole in the center of the roof
• bend a pitch in the roof
• measure 6 inches from one edge
• mark a line from that mark thru the center hole
• Bend the roofing material in the center to form a slight angle. (this acts as a way for the rain to run off)

Assemble the Cage to Bolt and the Roof (reference attached concept drawing)

• Bolt to cage (MAKE SURE DOOR ON CAGE WILL SWING FREELY
• Main bolt
• Small washer
• Washer large
• CAGE
• Washer large
• Nut
• Tighten to pinch cage between the washers
• Cage assembly to roof
• Nut threaded onto bolt
• Small washer
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• Push bolt thru roof (so that the V is facing down)
• Small washer
• Nut
• small washer
• Chain
• bend one link so at an angle so it will hang straight down
• add chain above last washer
• Small washer
• Nut
• Tighten nuts together to pinch chain between washers

Cut Yarn and Grab an a Handful of Cotton Balls

There are several things to choose for nesting material

• Nesting material
• Yarn acrylic -
• color optional - I choose orange
• Size optional - I choose 5 inch lengths
• Cotton Balls - 100% pure cotton
• I used Jumbo size

I just mixed the cotton balls with the cut yarn and filled the cage

The photos show some experiments on how much I wanted to use.

I pulled out some yarn ends to entice the birds

BUT -I believe you can over pack or under pack the cage the material will be easily for the birds to pull out.

Thank you for viewing my Nesting Material Holder - Bird

This is has been a great build for me with great outcomes

Enjoying all the birds around our woods is spectacular; we enjoy all their wonderment.

I thought that by making nesting material available it would be nice.

Using colorful items would allow us to see the nesting work development.

Therefore, I came up with a way to have nesting material available for them to use.

A roof was added because, there was a concerned that the material would get wet and unsuitable for usage.

Using a metal wire cage - I believe it is used for sued feeding cakes to birds - is already proven that the birds can attached to it and access the material.

Leaving strands out will allow birds easily see it and to pull it out.

I am using an old swing chair stand to hang from but it can be hung from a tree.

There is a hinge on one side of the cage that allows the managing and adding material.

I choose yarn and cotton balls; depending on the usage, I will add more or change to something different.