I made my first one two days ago and have been anxiously waiting. Today a hummingbird came and enjoyed my new DIY bird fountain. Thank you so much Robbie... what a great idea.
JUST DISCOVERED YOUR CHANNEL, SO HAPPY TO MEET YOU, I AM AN AUSTRALIAN, MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN AND LIVING IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. I AM DEFINATELY GOING TO MAKE YOUR LITTLE FOUNTAIN, WE HAVE LOTS OF HUMMING BIRDS HERE WHERE I LIVE. I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THESE FRAGILE LITTLE CREATURES FROM HEAVEN. WE HAVE LOTS OF EXOTIC BIRDS IN AUSTRALIA, BUT NOTHING LIKE THESE PERFECT LITTLE CREATURES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR IDEAS.
You and me alike, but I am the American, and you do have wonderful colorful birds there, thank you, Robbie The cheapest place for me to get them is on ebay, you can check these out that we use here, thanks, Robbie Here are some places and aff. links where I get my solar fountain kit: For Fountain Kit: rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_id=114&ipn=icep&toolid=20004&campid=5338267736&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FBrushless-DC-Solar-Water-Pump-Power-Panel-Kit-Fountain-Pool-Garden-Watering-US%2F113751245970%3Fhash%3Ditem1a7c1a4492%3Ag%3ANCUAAOSwfWJc-xFJ%20
I love your happy go lucky attitude! I learned something and you’ve got a great smile! It’s refreshing to see someone that’s not arguing or fighting! Thank you sooo much and May God Bless you..
I agree James Ashlock! Love her energy and upbeat personality! Thank you for sharing such a great diy! I look forward to making this today for the visiting hummingbirds to enjoy 😊 I’ve never made one before or have anything like it on my property. I’m Looking forward to the outcome
I love your ideas. They are so affordable for someone like me, living on a fixed income. I'm not exactly artistic, but I am successful using your ideas! Thank you!
I made my first water fountain thanks to you! Now I’m hooked! I’m waiting for my hummingbird’s to come back. I made my own feeders thanks to you and now I have a water fountain. So happy!
I just think it’s so neat that you guys do all of this for the hummers and small birds. And you have lots of natural plantings in addition to your nectar stations near the water and the natural plantings. It takes lots of dedication to do all this.
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Robbie, you have the best personality. I love your videos and I love your teaching. You are a gem. I adore you! Thank you ♥️🦋🙂🐦🙂♥️
You are the reason why I even have humming birds! Four Years back when I first seen all your videos you inspired me! Now I have a Humming Bird Garden and get plenty of visitors, all thanks to you! I love this Hobby and everyone around me ask how i do it! I most of times send them your youtube Videos, Thank you so much!
Hi! I'm viewing this again this year and I so, want to do this, this year!! We have moved, and I have room for lots of yard features! I have indoor birds as well and I'd love to fix something like this, but smaller, for them too. I've been feeling bad, and when I watch you, I catch myself smiling, and I have more ambition to get up and do things. Thanks so much!!😍
😁 she's so animated it was fun seeing how excited she was about a chip and dip tray upcycled to a birdbath. Lol, just when I thought the video was over. It wasn't. 🤣😄🤣
I love this idea and ordered some water pumps from Amazon. But evidently I didn't order the correct pumping power as waster pumps up about an inch in the tubing, no more. Could you be more specific about what to order.
Thank you Robbie. I'm happy to have found you. I have a crow who comes daily for me to feed him on my wall. I named him Henry, n he has to side kicks 2 white doves. So when I hear them (I know hes close. I'm going to make the fountain tommorrow. Your an inspiration. Where we go 1 we go all.
Thank you for your happy video's, my cat Grayson has been missing since May 18th and the coyotes population has increased since the light rail construction tearing out houses and the greenbelt along freeway and is heading north out of Seattle into my town Shoreline two blocks away. It's made all critters disperse to our homes and I just pray they didn't get my boy. Your video's get my mind off him just a little bit.
I've been wanting to do a birdbath to add to my flowers on my small condo patio! Love this tutorial, thank you! I'm going to wrap rope around the bucket to make it more stylish, lol.
Good idea! Maybe a tall basket (or wicker trash can same size/little bigger than bucket) would be less labor intensive. (!) But yeah, the bucket isn't the best garden look... however i suppose we could plant a ring of tallish flowers around it when we decide on final position. Also worth noting, the whole thing could be up higher, so cats dont get any ideas that the snack bar's open.
Hello, Thank you for this video. It is past 8PM, I am watching with the lights off. Yet, my living room seemed to light up with your shining enthusiasm. Please, do not lose it.
Fantastic!!!! I love my birds, got my humming bird feeders cranking and now wanted to make a small easy bird bath and this is perfect!!! Thank you so much for making this!! We have a few chip n dip trays we don't use!! Your very crafty!! Love it!!!
Cute & inexpensive idea. Funny how you said they were waiting for you to move away so they could get to it. I love how you get so excited !! I enjoy your videos !! 🐦 🦋
These would make an awesome gift for anyone. Just thinking what a blessing it would be for a nursing home or senior neighbor . Thank You for sharing. ❤ God Bless
Thanks to you I made my first fountain. I also have a hummingbird feeder & get even big birds trying to use it. I hope to see all bird's use my fountain to cool off. Your upbeat and amazing. God bless you and your bird friends.
Here are some aff. links of the fountains we buy and use, I try to buy from companies in the USA for fastest shipping: This link is the models we use the solar fountain models, that has the panel and long cord, www.ebay.com/itm/Brushless-Solar-Power-Water-Pump-Panel-Kit-Fountain-Pool-Garden-Watering-180L-H/384073249238?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20190711095549%26meid%3D53ee987899d44f23aa1a03c85a2c0f7d%26pid%3D100047%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D193959022502%26itm%3D384073249238%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bAndUBSourceDemotionWithUltimatelyBoughtOfCoviewV2%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c100047.m2108&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338267736&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I recently subscribed to your channel . You offer what I appreciate common sense, down to earth ideas. Plus they are economical and easily duplicated ideas.
You just made my day when I found your videos! I have been so depressed. Isolated due to Covid-19. Now I can do something to take my mind off the evils of this world!
@@aprilgraham4490 I had the television disconnected before Covid 19. God showed me demons coming out of the television set. So called and told the man, "I want to disconnect and no longer use DirecTV." He said, "Why?" I replied, "Because God told me to and there is nothing but pure filth on the television shows." He agreed with me and disconnected it. I watch You Tube videos and J D Farag's ministry website preaching. I also watch videos like yours. I have hummingbirds now!
You are so much fun to watch and I learn every time I watch your videos. Thank you for your positive attitude, your love of nature, and most of all your excellent ideas!
Thank you for these simple and affordable DIY bird baths! Looking forward to making it, and attracting more of our feathered friends:) So lovely to see and read about others who care for nature.
Boy, that little hummingbird was enjoying that sprinkler. If I didn't have cats I would so get one of those solar pumps for the birds in the yard. Thanks for showing your fun idea!
If you can get the bath up high enough, there will be much less issues with cats. Keep an eye on them and make adjustments as needed. Lots of perches in bushes near -- but not right next to -- the bath gives them a safe feeling and also gives them a spot to wait, out of view, for their turn in the water. I'm tryna come up with a way to do a hanging birdbath with pump recirculating water, somehow, for the very reason you bring up.
Robbie - we are kindred spirits. The hummingbirds are my special friends too. They come to me and want me to put the water hose down so they can drink and take a bath. I have them fly up to my face and then they motion down to the hose letting me know what they are looking for. So I want to build them a bird bath and my mom is sending me a hummingbird feeder for my birthday. Now I can make them a special bird bath as opposed to buying one. I am going to add a bunch of nice smooth rocks and make it look it like a natural setting. Such a great video, thank you.
Those birds will love that so much, as they trust you, so they will be watching to see what you are putting out for them, THEY KNOW. Thank you, take care, Robbie
Just a hint if my grandfather had been watching this one of the things he taught us and would fuss if he saw us doing it is pull your plug out by the plug don't hold onto the cord and jiggled the plug out. It causes the wires to break inside and then you don't get any electricity coming from the plug up into whatever the plugs connected to lamp I think the sweeper used to be the one that he would be upset about or the toaster. I noticed when you were unplugging your soldering iron it appeared on the film that you were pulling it out more by the chords and buy the plug itself. Might have been the angle of the camera so I apologize if I was wrong. I love your videos and I just had to re-subscribe because my RU-vid got messed up by my son
Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas! I’ve always have fed the birds but know I’m learning to give them safe water fountains ❤️. I enjoy your channel and you very much 😃
Robbie i am 74 an you an your humming bird bath make me so happy to watch if i could only find the pump i want to make one so bad kinda in honor of my mom she had humming bird come all time an set on her clothes line she didnt know anything bout making bath for them i think he just loved my mom as everybody did but i love watchinv you
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy My Boxer girl had a mini Yorkie BF who also thought he was a Boxer 😅 Inseparable neighbors. During their afternoon nap💤 on the couch l couldn't do any housework 🤫 🤭
I have them fly right up to my sliding glass door, hover, and stare in at me on occasion even when their food is fresh! My feeders are out on my second floor apartment balcony. One day a neighbor swore that a couple of them swooped down to where they were sitting outside and stared at them because MY feeder was empty! I had already refilled or did it right away, can’t recall. They are so entertaining and we feed one species year round in western Washington.
My brothers laid up at my house and he lives humming birds. I’ll have to do something like this for him to enjoy the bride when he’s relaxing outside.. thank you. 🤔 most of this can be purchased at the $ store.. very cool dyi project.
all right,that's what I'm talking about.I watched one other of your videos and you were just talking and we never got to see the birds in the bird bath.this video was fantastic with the birds right away taking baths.I have one of these in my birdbath but I never see any Birds go to it.I thought maybe the running water scared them.After watching this video I think I'll have to adjust my water flow.Well thanks so much for the video it was really fun to watch.your garden looks totally groovy by the way.
The universe gifted me the coolest chip + dip dish this weekend after watching this video. I angry-picked up the garbage surrounding the dumpster at my apt. complex that I got sick of looking at and, for whatever reason, I turned my head and this large, clear acrylic dish caught my eye from the open side slider. Bonus points: it's sectioned in a way that it literally looks like a flower! Turned my frown upside down straight away. 😊 Buying a solar fountain pump TODAY and 2 types of different colored marbles to mimic the coloring of the middle and petals of a flower. I am not a big fan of the plastic bucket look, but I have seen people wrapping planting buckets online with burlap, connected / wired paint sticks, thick rope, and those grass window shades as camouflage and will roll with one of those.
Made my first water fountain, makes you look at pots in a different way. Have a pot no hole but a red frisbee that will work great on top. I love this!!
Bird bath in operation, however, not the plate & bucket. Had to go back with pump submerged in water elevated & surrounded by rocks. No customers yet, but build it & they will come. Right?
I just moved to socal! Planning on filling my yard with hummingbird feeders and especially outside the kitchen sink window to make washing dishes a little more pleasant.
Good timing in sharing a super affordable birdbath because just yesterday I read that some male hummers can be *highly* territorial as in get away it's all *mine* stingy selfish. The article suggested placing many baths about 10 feet apart, room allowing of course. I have a downtown 2' x 6' balcony so I'll learn what works but surprisingly I get hummers, hawks, large murders of well established crows and dragonflies to mine and my cat's delight. No fear, Toby is indoor only and politely watches the birds...no lunging at the window from my good boy! 👵🏻💞😺
I was thinking the same thing since I have a beehive in my backyard. Summer will be here soon, and I want the bees to have a nice watering place for them to drink.
One Sunny Day My fav bee bath is a small loaf pan filled with clear florist marbles. Fill with water and place in sunny spot. Bees can perch on the marbles and have fun in the water. Time to clean simply throw the marbles in a lingerie bag and the loaf pan into the dishwasher!
I had so many bees swarming my hummingbird feeders till it was like you couldn't come in the house because of the swarm of bees I need to know how to take care of this I know you got to have iddy biddy hose on the feeders , but that doesn't seem to work and I love him in birds now I've only got one feeder and the birds I mean the bees are trying to take it over poor hummingbirds don't stand a chance. Owen the ants to they stayed away for about a week or two I had put Vaseline around but not where it would hurt that hummingbirds and they stayed away in then I started forming Bridges with each other and found their way to the feeder I don't know what to do help I like my hummingbirds please any ideas.
What could be better than contagious enthusiasm? Watching this beautiful lady's example of it, and her equally beautiful results, which make me want to go enthusiastically make my own. First time viewing, and won't be my last. Thanks.
