Nine months have passed since we sold our first deluxe two way tui feeder and as expected it has now become our most popular model. Feedback from our clients has been 100% positive and as the photo below suggests the tui like it as well. This feeder is located in the garden of Pat and [...]
During spring and summer I fill our tui feeders with water for the other birds about the place because tui don’t use them. Until recently I held the view that they wouldn’t from early December through to about April as there was ample food elsewhere however I’ve been proven wrong. I know you will find [...]
The idea of making a bird feeder from an empty Just Juice bottle occurred to me on a wet Saturday afternoon as I was disposing of “our plastics” in the recycling bin. Plastic is one of my pet hates therefore I’m often thinking of other ways that it can be put to good use. I [...]
Each working week my days are mostly taken up with the making of tui feeders whilst tuning in to Leighton Smith mornings on Newstalk ZB. Much of what I do is repetitious so radio talk back breaks the monotony and helps to keep me informed with whats happening in the world. If I’m going to [...]
Tui ( prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) are endemic “native and unique” to New Zealand. They are found on the three main islands and belong to the honey eater family. Tui are a fully protected in New Zealand. The name Tui is derived from the Maori language with the plural being simply tui. Europeans who first colonised New [...]
It was mid May last year when I wrote about the tui returning to our garden and how pleased we were to see them. This year they’re gracing our garden six weeks earlier than expected which is a real bonus and as always we’re delighted to see them. It was early morning about ten days [...]
A few days back whilst toiling away in my workshop I spotted two kereru or wood pigeons land in a gleditsia tree about 35 metres down the back lawn. At the time I was busy making up tui feeder orders so decided to admire them from a distance and continue with my work. This was [...]
During these cold winter months there’s not a lot one can do in the veggie garden so I have a little more time to devote to new products and ideas. This upside down suet feeder is the latest and it proved to be a big hit within ten minutes of me hanging in this tree [...]
Are you fed up with all the spills and mess you make when refilling your tui feeder? If the answer is yes read on as this will brighten your day. I’ve stop counting the number of times I’ve refilled the 3 feeders we have about the place but the thought has often occurred to me [...]
Often when people buy bird houses they ask as to when they should put them up. To this my standard reply is, as soon as you can. No point in storing it your garage even if unlike myself you do have the space. Seriously though the best time to put up nesting boxes has to [...]
