How to Build a Soda Bottle Bird Feeder

Materials:

• 1 - 2-liter soda bottle
• 2 - 5/16" x 8" dowels (you can use a tree branch if you like)
• 1 - 3' piece of thin solid wire

Tools:

• Drill
• 1/16" drill bit
• 1/8" drill bit
• 5/16" drill bit
• Caulking

Procedure:

• Remove the label from the soda bottle, then clean, rinse and dry.
• Drill a 1/16" hole (or a size just big enough for your wire to feed through) in the cap and the bottom of the bottle.
• With the cap off, feed the wire through the bottom then through the cap (from inside to outside). Replace the cap onto the bottle. Wrap and secure the wire around the neck of the bottle. Make a loop at the end of with least 4" of wire, in order to hang the bottle.

• Drill two 5/16" holes near the bottom of the soda bottle bird feeder (cap end) on opposite sides and drill two more holes 1/2" higher. Position the holes so that the perches cross in the center. Insert the perches.
• Drill or cut holes for the seed.

  For nyjer seed: cut small slots, 1/4" x 1/8", 1 1/2" above each perch.
  For sunflower seed: drill 5/16" holes, 1 1/2" to 2" above each perch.