Purchased Shade Covers for Hummingbird Feeders, Height has been fixed. Link in details to purchase. 

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

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!

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

😂😂 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. 😂😂

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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 😊

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.

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.

It looks cute too!

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 😍

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. 😊

Thanks for the video. 🌹🌹😍

U can also take the feeder down and put in the refrigerator to keep it cool that way

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!

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!

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

Too cute!!!

I have the same problem with my hummingbird I made my own shade for the feeder just got a bowl and painted it red I have three feeders up I’m getting more birds now but my main stays on guard as well he chases my other hummingbirds away I put a feed up in my window on the outside and it gets direct sunlight u can also take the feeder down and put it in the refrigerator for awhile as well

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.

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

I use unbella works great

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

thank you

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

U can add more feeders in your yard

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

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. ❤️

Guarding is normal!

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

Where did you buy this from

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

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

Very suspicious of the flower shaped shade.

The umbrella is not wide enough.

Feeder too low! WATCH FOR CATS!

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

get a cheap sombrero

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

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.