Wild Bird Feeders

It's Feeding Time!

We received a wonderful gift from our relatives to our home in Klang last week.

My brother in law and his family dropped by from Bixby, Oklahoma, USA for their Summer vacation enroute to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
They made our dream come through by giving us what we have always wanted for our birds.
Wild Bird Feeders, Yeah! 2 pcs. of the nectar type and 2 of the seed type.

Perky-Pet makes the nectar feeder mainly for the Hummingbirds.

We are going to try it out on our resident Sunbirds who are also nectar feeders.

As for feeding wild birds with seed, the Droll Yankees is a specialists.

It is made of brass and of good quality.
The Droll Yankees were for different types of seeds. One is for mixed/larger seeds such as sunflower seed, peanuts, dried corn etc. The other was for the Nyjer (Thistle) seed which is smaller at the feeding ports.
This two brands are made entirely in the USA and are of excellent quality with lifetime warranty.
It is also made with UV resistant materials so that it can withstand exposure to sunlight without degrading. The China made ones usually cracks and breakdown.
Over here in Malaysia, feeding wild birds are unheard of. In actual fact, even throughout Asia!
By helping to feed wild birds, we are giving them a chance to survive thus not making them endangered.

Recently, the forested space we have at the back of our home have been cleared for 'palaces'.
Easily 20 or more very large trees bearing wild fruits yearly, are gone. The birds are gone too.
So we are wondering whether is it too late to put up the feeders.
We will keep trying till we see wild birds appear at our feeders. Sadly, only two out of our five regular sunbirds are around. It is confirmed that the two Crested Serpent Eagles are gone. Also the two Owls have left. We will keep our fingers and toes crossed! Just look at our feeding station now! See if you can spot which is which.
Many heartfelt thanks to Julie, Aaron, Bryan and Chris Lee. You have helped us by giving our wild birds a second chance!

Whoopie!

Our Very First
Wild Bird Seed Feeder!

While looking for washers to fit up my DIY Parabolic Microphone at Ace Hardware in the Ikano Power Centre, PJ, I was stunned to be starring at a Bird Seed Feeder! Please note that usually such feeders are never found here in this country or perhaps the whole of Asia! We were trying to buy one from the USA. They retail it for around USD 8 each but the courier charge of USD80 would put anyone off!
After looking around the section, I noticed some other feeders like the 'suet' type. There were 20 pieces. The suet ones are almost impossible to use because one have to use 'suet' cakes (made of hardened seeds,fruits,fats,vitamins...) In our hot climate, these would have melted down to the ground!
WHOA! this costs RM86.90, such high profit! It is made in China!
So we took the one and ONLY unit!
Luckily it was also adaptable for small and large seeds.
Yesterday, we went to a bird shop in Klang town and look for seeds. We had a hard time explaining to the boss about our wild birds. He has not heard of feeding wild birds with this kind of feeder before! We really can't blame him because all his customers are feeding CAGED birds!

There was a wide array and types of seed!
We chose the popular ones.
Because we have visiting wild birds, I would expect our resident Merbuks (Peaceful Dove) to feed from this feeder.
This would not be easy because the one made for the USA are for finches, Chickadees, Nuthatches and siskins. I would have to coax and lead our to new babies who are already taking flying lessons from the parents.
Our earlier DIY Nectar feeders are very successful and we have 3 of them. Topping the nectar every 3 days draws our five little sunbirds everyday.

Still working our way to feed our resident Magpies (7 of them) who roost here every night.

Could this be the ONLY wild birds seed feeder working here in Malaysia (or in Asia) right now?