If you enjoy watching these little birds in action around a feeder, you'll enjoy watching their nest building antics and subsequent raising of chicks on a Hummingbird House at your house. Experience the thrill of watching a hummingbird build her nest and raise hummingbird chicks practically under your nose. You can make that fascinating event happen with the Hummingbird House. The eave mounted Hummingbird House has been successful at attracting Black-chinned, Ruby-Throated, Anna's, Magnificent and Blue-Throated Hummingbirds. The Hummingbird House provides excellent protection from predators, rain, sun and wind.

A female hummingbird's highest priority for nest location seems to be based on finding a place where winds will be minimal. This priority probably stems from the fact that hummingbird eggs, and sometimes chicks, are catapulted from nests gyrating on branches of trees that are swaying in high winds.

For best results, the Hummingbird House should be mounted under the least windy eave of your home. A hummingbird's desire to nest out of the wind may explain why a bird nests in odd places, such as a sheltered porch/patio fixtures, sheltered electrical wiring, sheltered chain link fence, inside open garages, etc.

The hummingbird's second highest priority seems to be finding a solid foundation for her nest, plus points to anchor it securely enough to prevent it from being torn from a branch by winds. For a foundation, she most often selects a fork in a branch. In addition to the stability a fork offers, she also wants anchor points to further secure her nest. The Hummingbird House provides both a fork and anchor points. Note in the "before" and "after" photo how the hummer established her nest on the fork, and then wrapped her nest around both vertical and horizontal anchor points. Her engineering and building skills holds her nest securely in place. The relationship between the fork and anchor points on the Hummingbird House are precisely angled and placed. Their angles and placement are born of experiments that discovered specifications that matching a hummingbird's search image for a nest site.

Comes with two metal house frames shaped like a forked branch of a tree, the hummingbird's preferred nesting location. Includes instructions, two leaf umbrellas, one landing leaf, two house frames and a small bundle of natural cotton for the mom-to-be hummingbird to gather material from to use in building her nest. When you observe her taking fluffs of cotton, you know her nest building is in progress. Hang in a sheltered area away from wind. Metal frame: 2-1/2 x 3 inches.


Hummingbird House
$29.95
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