This link was e-mailed to me by the indiviual who posted it to youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4CmPVFEjGE
I can see some flaws in the "feeder" but there is some irony between this video and our discussions of the physics in the design of $20+ feeders.

Steve Backes
Valrico, FL (east of Tampa)
http://mysite.verizon.net/resu64md/yardhummers/
http://floridahummingbirds.net/
http://floridahummingbirds.proboards.com/

GReat Idea, In a Pinch! But well there are a few long term flaws as you've indicated....

Pam NJ 6B

Modern man's ingenuity never ceases to amaze me LOL! I too can see 'a few' design flaws but whatever works in a pinch and it just proves that you don't have to go into debt to accomodate hummers.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Cute idea!

I loved the audio on the video clip.

Judy in Zone 6a
Cincinnati (Anderson Twp.)
Southwest Ohio

Judy,

Me too! And the "Dramatazion" part was cute too. Imagination is a wonderful thing!

Pam NJ 6B

Pam, we think alike, and you beat me to it. I also loved the "Dramatization" part! Obviously someone with a great sense of humor, and a thrifty sort of ingenuity.

My homemade feeders are cheap, too, but they do take a long time to make. The first one was easy, though, just a mini liquor bottle, an old stopper, and a funnel-shaped red polymer clay "flower." A bit of brass wire twisted around it made a hanger.

Still, it's hard to beat a plastic red cup for cheapness, even if you have to refill it frequently.