A simple homemade version: screw a cup hook into a wine bottle cork. Center the cork on a plastic plate and screw another hook through the plate and into the bottom of the cork. Voila - The hooks are your hangars and the plate is your shade. Takes about 20 seconds to make, simple to install, and cheap!

@gailwilliams5278

10 ай бұрын

You could also use an inexpensive bowl from a dollar store, now that I think about it.

@twinfin8571

9 ай бұрын

I made some with $tree frisbees. Turned out great!

I had no idea that anyone made a shade device for hummingbird feeders. 🤷🏻‍♀Good idea! 👍🏻

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Happy to share the information! Thanks for watching!

@kater8730

10 ай бұрын

They come in a lot of colours and are very pretty and functional in the garden.

@twinfin8571

9 ай бұрын

I made three covers with $tree frisbees. They were easy and inexpensive. I found the how to video on YT. I’m thinking to flip another frisbee over and make d food dish for the winter. I think it can just be zip tied to a hanging metal basket plant holder. Drill some drain holes in it. I won’t be doing that to the covers. I’ll buy new frisbees for the project. The covers I made should last for years.

😂😂 I had to laugh, because I have a naughty little bird also, a little ruby throat, and he fights all the birds and chases them all off the patio… even if I’m out there. 😂😂

@SonoranBling

2 ай бұрын

They are the most dominant little birds aren’t they! It is comical to watch, I appreciate you watching!

Thanks for that shade info! I too of course love the hummers and have one feeder they love that’s in the sun….I have been making ice cubes out of the sugar water and added after seeing another you tuber’s suggestion. Changing the feeders twice a day too!

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! I am happy to help. I am glad to hear the nectar for your birds is changed so frequently! Please make sure the feeders are also thoroughly cleaned so we have healthy birds. Thank you for watching, and commenting!

@patnbillreineking5447

9 ай бұрын

​@@SonoranBling❤ 5:33

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

@@patnbillreineking5447 ☺️ I am so in love with my birds, so it’s all about them and keeping them happy and healthy! Thanks for watching! 💜

I use a frisbee for each of mine. They are about 12".

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Nice to know what also works, Thanks for watching!

I hang very small hummingbird feeders low, with foliage cover, on plants and bushes they are attracted to. I get a lot of hummingbirds. I’ll admit, not camera friendly, so no great videos, but I just enjoy them.

@SonoranBling

Ай бұрын

It sounds lovely as the hummingbirds love it! Thanks for watching!

Hi friend and fellow bird lover. Your smile is contagious. Thank you.

@FacesintheStone

10 ай бұрын

I have a little Sun conure parrot, and I hope I’m not babbling, but I just wanna share it’s a funny thing - Every now and then a hummingbird comes to see her. she’s 13 years old and smiles and gets all cheeky 😅

@FacesintheStone

10 ай бұрын

You have to love both comments or else I think you don’t like me 😛 I’m very sensitive

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Hello friend and thank you! So kind, I appreciate your support! Thanks for sharing the cute story as well! I’d really get a kick out of experiencing that encounter!

@danthomas6587

10 ай бұрын

I've seen a yellow oriole in my courtyard drinking from our hummingbird feeder, here in Tucson. I'm hoping for baby chicks from him and his mate. They really are beautiful.

Thank you for making a video on this. I need this too. I’m in San Antonio, TX and the heat and sun is scorching during the summer months. It’s hard to keep the fluid inside the feeder nice for them and I’m hoping the shade cover will assist me to do that.

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Thank you for sharing your same issues! So far the covers are keeping the feeders/nectar cooler and added bonus-water is staying in the ant moats longer! All of my backyard birds have adapted to the covers well! Thanks for watching! 💜

Cats can stalk and kill the birds if it’s not high off the ground. You don’t realize how many cats roam the neighborhood until you place a camera. To keep dominant males from chasing off the others, try to place around 3-4 about 15 feet apart, they can’t guard them all. Too far apart and you create another dominant feeder. Always fixes the problem. Hope this helps 😊

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

I am aware, and fixing the issue the shade created too low to the ground. Thank you for your suggestion on feeder placement and thank you for watching!

Shade is a valuable commodity in the desert. I can't understand why any home owner would remove mature trees from their yard. Maybe they weren't healthy. I'm a retired landscaper living in Tucson and I paint landscapes in the beautiful Saguaro National Park. I enjoyed the video and I learned something new. I didn't know shade covers were available for hummer feeders. Thanks for sharing, subbed.

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Hello fellow desert dweller! You are so welcome! Yes, sadly the trees needed to come down to protect both of our properties. How lovely to hear that you paint desert landscapes. I appreciate you!

Nice I use covers as well but mine are more transparent I might have to replace them before the heat sets in. I live in East Alabama. This time of year we been getting alot of rain were talking 8" + of per storm. This will also keep the rain from contaminating the nectar.

@SonoranBling

2 ай бұрын

Wow! That is a lot of rain! Stay safe and thanks for watching! Hope the covers work out great for you and your hummingbirds!

Adorable shade and nice packaging. As you said a taller hook would be better. They like 4-6 feet off the ground. I’m thinking we need a shade for our feeder.

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Agreed! Although it solved one issue but still not at 100%. I am creating a subject to remedy the taller feeders in a future video! All about hummingbird safety.Thank you for watching!

Way to go! Didn’t seem to bother him at all after a few minutes - great job. Unfortunately, the only way to really stop guarding etc is to put up multiple feeders out of sight of each others - on porch, deck, under trees, even next to large bushes. Another thought depending on your sun exposure is to plant something in a planter and use those to sorta of shade. A small tree in a large pot or a wisteria kept pruned n- I did mine like an umbrella. It took a couple of years for it to get in an umbrella form - it was grown over my swing so you could sit in the swing out of the sun. You have to get it growing and twisting around the arbor - has to be a strong one but instead of getting a Chinese or Japanese type - get a native to the US like (Lonicera sempervivens) or the Dutch variety (Lonicera pericylmenum)- not so wild and hard to keep in check. There are others but not sure for your area. Or what really would be good is a coral trumpet honeysuckle - I have one that’s called Major Wheeler but the natives come in various colors white, red, coral, yellow, etc. - in fact growing hummingbird vines and flowers along the wall like zinnias, cuphea/firecracker plant, fuchsia baskets, etc. They love cardinal flowers but they need quite a bit of water, and hosta the same and a little shade. Lantana they love and comes in all kinds of colors. What else - pretty blue catmint, day-lilies (Oakes has the best in the country), petunias, hollyhock, hummingbird mint (can’t think of it’s real name), sunflowers, red hot poker, salvia. Some of these are perennials, some are annuals. This should give you enough - ones I know they like. Some you can bring in for the winter and they will poke along but you can put them back out come spring and they will perk up. I try to have flowers they like from early in spring all the way through late fall or whenever yours go elsewhere if they leave at all out west. Ours come in around March/April and leave around late October coming down from Canada. Late stragglers that get cold and hungry. I have even placed feeders close but on different levels and hang a hook or a teepee of sticks and hang cheap silk vines on them, or I like better is to grow morning glories, white moonflower, cypress vine, cardinal vine, etc which they like to feed on. Look for fragrance which moonflowers have, others are four o clocks which lemon smell perennial. Butterfly bush. I keep thinking of more.😊😮 Better stop. Some you will need to put soaker hoses in a trench and cover with mulch so the water doesn’t evaporate, trench about 6” deep with about 3-4” mulch. Some of these annuals will reseed next year. Have great fun!

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great information! Yes I have lots of other trumpet flowering bushes in the garden. It does make it a little harder for his guarding, I know it’s a natural instinct for them to be territorial, I just wish they’d share! I have 5 feeders total and they all zip and zoom around all day! Thanks for watching! 💜

@cindyhmcdaniel4977

9 ай бұрын

Love your writing !!!!! Thank you.

I purchased a squirrel baffler. Spray painted the underside only. A bright red paint. Works great.

@SonoranBling

8 ай бұрын

Clever and resourceful, thanks for sharing and watching!

Thanks for the video. 🌹🌹😍

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

You’re so welcome 🙏🏼

It looks cute too!

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Agreed, so cute! Plus it adds more color to the garden, very pleased

I’m happy to see that you aren’t using that fake red water hummingbird food. So unhealthy for hummers.

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

I Never use dyes! I love my birds, I don’t want to harm them! 💜 Just Pure White Cane Sugar and Water at a 4:1 ratio. 😊 Thank you for watching! I have a simple nectar recipe to help share the word for no dyes are ever needed! Link provided below 💜 kzread.info/dash/bejne/oH11wdCym8qof8o.htmlsi=MhtBeHzYQPNjOtBz

Too cute!!!

@SonoranBling

2 ай бұрын

I agree! Super cute and serves the purpose of providing some shade! Thanks for watching!

This is just what I was looking for. I have same issue living in TX. I have 3 up, 2 in shaded area but the 3rd I have in our kitchen window bc I want to enjoy them while eating but gets no shade. That thing gets oh so hot. This should help, glad I came across it 👍. Dry helpful!

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

You’re so welcome! I am So glad to help out! So far both the hummies and I are very happy with the shades!

That's cool I didn't know they had those also your brick wall fence looks cool to I've never seen one like that 😍

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

Oh thank you! We live in the suburbs of Phoenix and all the yards have cement walls, wish I could take credit for being clever… Lol! I am happy to share the info for these awesome shade covers! Thanks for watching!

@OohpreddynailsAngie

9 ай бұрын

​@DesertBling. I searched the replies for this info because my sister lives in Phoenix. I recognize the scenery immediately. I'm sending this video to her as proof that she can also attract hummingbirds! 😅

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

@@OohpreddynailsAngie That’s great! We get Hummingbirds year round and even more in the migration months! Summertime can be time consuming only because you MUST change the nectar and feeders daily because it spoils over 88 degrees. I’ll be doing updates to my garden in Phoenix so if she can also Subscribe to my channel for other desert living tips! Thanks for watching!

Nice shade thing. Perfect height off the ground for cats to pounce at them. The natural behavior of hummers is not a "problem." Put up several feeders in other locations. 😊

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the information, the problem of height has been fixed, on all of my feeders. I have lots of flowering bushes around the garden for all the hummingbirds as well. I was curious, to see if the shade would challenge the male’s perspective. I understand their natural behaviors and not trying to change them! If they only knew the unlimited supply I have for all of them! Thanks for watching and your comment to help educate!

I just purchased this item thank you so sharing I love it.

@SonoranBling

Ай бұрын

This makes me SO Happy!! You’re so welcome! Anything that helps those sweet and beautiful birds-I’m all for it! I appreciate you watching and shopping! Happy birding!

I put one feeder out in the morning on a hook that’s in the shade. Then I put another out in the afternoon that’s on the other side of the yard thats now shaded. I remove any in the sun. That sugar water gets way too hot in Oklahoma heat. I also freeze the sugar water in ice cube trays. Both feeders are left out at night so they can fill up early in the morning. In the end, when it’s decent weather, I leave both feeders out. I like the covers but it’s still too hot to leave them out in mid afternoon. Actually, the hummers aren’t even about in that heat. I’m going to check into the covers for days that aren’t 108 degrees with index of 118. Thanks for this info. The birds are great full I’m sure!

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!Thank you for watching! Yes the birds are loving the shade covers, I am too :)

@cindyhmcdaniel4977

9 ай бұрын

Hello, I have done your idea too. Also changing out nectar for hot afternoons! In past I hung feeders from patio umbrellas …. visited well also 😊

@cindyhmcdaniel4977

9 ай бұрын

We had your scorching heat in Louisiana this summer 😅

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

@@cindyhmcdaniel4977 it has been such an unbelievably hot summer! Stay cool and hydrated 💜

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

@@cindyhmcdaniel4977 That’s wonderful that you take great care of your birds! Thanks for watching! 💜

thank you

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Thank you for watching!

It seems that no one who designs these feeders actually uses one, or certainly doesn’t live in the desert southwest. They can’t take strong Sun, & can’t take strong wind, both of which we have in abundance in the desert. They’re also usually leaky and very difficult to clean. Hence the need for aftermarket equipment and DIY fixes.

@SonoranBling

Ай бұрын

You bring up some good points! Thank you for watching!

I use unbella works great

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Clever and inexpensive, that’s a great way to provide shade

@brendalins1237

10 ай бұрын

How do you attach an umbrella? Can you share a picture

This may be good for rainy days as my feeders get lots of water in winter.

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Yes! They will be great for rainy days! I use a watering can to add water to the tops of the ant moats and just like an umbrella the shade covers are protecting the feeders from the water “raining” down. Thanks for watching!

I buy two red big salad bowls from $Tree , glue them together and it only costs me $2.50 + tax.

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

How resourceful, thanks for sharing and also thanks for watching!

It’s cute , but doesn’t look like much shade to me with that type of feeder. You need taller hook and a flat type feeder. ❤️

I like that shade… would like to order one… can u post their website

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

Yes absolutely! Baffle for Bird Feeder, Bird... www.amazon.com/dp/B09VKGV8GS?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share I also updated the video description to include the link to the shade covers, Thank you for asking and watching!

FEEDERS SHOULD NEVER BE THAT LOW, YOU HAVE CREATED A BUFFET FOR ALL CATS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 😮😮

@SonoranBling

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment, in the title it says that the issue has been fixed. Thanks for watching

What do you do to keep bees away from the hummingbird feeders? Even with bee guards, I have more bees than birds!

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

I had some with the bigger flower and bee guards and nectar would spill out and attract bees. I use the brand More Birds for my feeders and I don’t have the spillage of nectar that some feeders have. Since changing the style of feeder I haven’t had an issue with bees. I hope your bee issue gets resolved 🙏🏼 Thanks for watching! 💜

@kater8730

10 ай бұрын

Bees or Wasps/hornets? Bees never bother my feeders but the wasps are a pain. Hang or make a fake wasp nest and hang it nearby....it helps keep the wasps away as they are very territorial. Also make sure your feeders do not leak at all. I bought the saucer ones and they don't seem to go for them but the long handing ones with lots of parts that connect allow for seepage when they age. Fake wasp nest are sold at $ store and very cheap and reusable.

Guarding is normal!

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Yes, you’re correct, and I do accept their natural instincts-as much as I wish they’d learn that I have enough for them plus a thousand more! I have noticed that the shade does make it just a little bit harder/trickier for my guarding bird to notice one under the shade getting a quick sip! Thank you for watching! 💜

Those hummingbird feeders are just plastic junk. They break after one season. Any recommendations for a good, durable hummingbird feeder.

@SonoranBling

9 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that happened for you. My feeders are glass bottles and a BPA free plastic feeder base. Mine have lasted for 3 years in the desert heat. The issue I have is with the silicone feeding ports wear out in the sun, so I have to get replacement parts. Here is what works for me. Thank you for watching and commenting! 💜 More Birds Bird Health+ Ruby Hummingbird Feeder, Glass Hummingbird Feeders for Outdoors, 4 Feeding Stations, 10 Ounces a.co/d/aRoIWCT

The umbrella is not wide enough.

@SonoranBling

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching. It’s 14 inches and it works great for the hummingbird feeders. I really don’t think I’d like it much wider than that.

The hummingbird feeder should be higher up. The feeder is too low for hummingbirds safety

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Yes, you are correct. I do address the height issue in the video before and then again after I have the shade mounted. It has inspired new content about hummingbird safety! Thank you for watching!

Very suspicious of the flower shaped shade.

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

I get it, I was too. So far the birds have adapted very well to the shade shape. Thank you for watching!

Feeder too low! WATCH FOR CATS!

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

Yes, you are correct. I point out before and after the shades are in place that they are low. I am working on a new video about hummingbird safety that will specifically address this. Thank you for watching!

What? It shades the ants, but not the birds. '???

@SonoranBling

10 ай бұрын

It provides shade to the whole hummingbird feeder and yes the birds as well when drinking from the feeder. The added bonus is that it also slows the evaporation of the water in the ant moat. 😊

get a cheap sombrero

It seems that no one who designs these feeders actually uses one, or certainly doesn’t live in the desert southwest. They can’t take strong Sun, & can’t take strong wind, both of which we have in abundance in the desert. They’re also usually leaky and very difficult to clean. Hence the need for aftermarket equipment and DIY fixes.