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Will Hummingbirds use nesting material from this device?

11 years ago

I want to give hummingbirds nesting material in this pipe cleaner cage I built. Its just some red pipe cleaners bent and twisted into a cage shape with small openings and filled with cotton. Will the hummingbirds take it? I am planning to hang it on the shepherd hook where the feeder is, on the fence outside the garden, or on a long stick in the middle of the garden. Please help. Thanks!

Comments (2)

janalyn
11 years ago
Why dont you try it and let us all know?
Just keep it out of the rain :)
eric580
Original Author
11 years ago
I will update periodically. Last year I was so naive. I put nesting material out in July:) Silly me. So I have had this for a year. I takes rain pretty well though.
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