New Birdy Tree

[TheBirds]

Yes it felt weird and inappropriate buying a tabletop Christmas tree stand in May BUT, combined with a 5' branch we sourced on a recent bike ride (since sanitized), now we have the best natural play gym ever for a grand total of $20!

I'd originally planned to screw into the bottom of the branch and attach it permanently to a rolling platform type thing I found at Dollarama, but I like this so much more because the branch can easily be swapped-out for a new one when the first is inevitably chewed to bits It tucks right into the corner of our room and actually looks quite nice as a standalone decorative element.

(This is the one I purchased - Cinco Plastics Good Tidings CNCC163 Cinco Tabletop Christmas Tree Stand: Amazon.ca: Home & Kitchen (not my listing))

 

[Birdie Mama]

Want to see!!!

 

[Zara]

Want to see!!!

Me too!

 

[Vittror]

 

[TheBirds]

At the moment, Coco loves chewing all the bark off .. it's lovely seeing him edge his way up and down the branches with a purpose! Lyric is a more avid chewer than Coco, so once quarantine is done and his flight feathers grow back in, he'll have access to it too. Hope I haven't oversold it, but here it is:



The base is all draped in newspaper to catch all the .. well, you're bird people. You know. The diameter of the existing branch is about 1.5" at the bottom where the base screws into it, so you could easily go with a thicker branch for a bigger bird (we just don't have the space in that little corner for anything bigger). I'm always keeping my eyes peeled for something with more branching though, as I think they'll get bored of this particular model rather quickly

 

[Vittror]

It looks lovely!
I can imagine your birds will have lots of fun on your bird tree!

 

[Chomskypom]

Oooh the Christmas tree stand is such a clever idea! I love seeing people's ingenious bird enrichment

 

[Birdie Mama]

Very clever indeed! Must keep an eye out too for one as well...

 

[TheBirds]

Thanks, all! I can already tell I'm going to become a branch hoarder

 

[Kiwi & Co.]

Thanks, all! I can already tell I'm going to become a branch hoarder

As soon as I found out just how many of the trees in my neighborhood were safe for birds, I decided that I would ask people for their maple branches whenever they trimmed their trees

My neighborhood is full of maples which have their ups and downs. The birds can have the branches, but I'm allergic to the pollen and it has a SUPER LONG blooming season in Connecticut. (It started in March and it's still going on to this day )