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my happy tippy drinking bird

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tippy bird yardart

I've always liked those little drinking birds and wanted a large one for the fishpond.
Starting with an old Cyclops strapping machine strap dispenser for the basic parts.
progress reports as progress occurs

The next step will be to plumb a small fountain pump in the fish pond to pump water up into a copper container in the head, when the container is full, the bird will tip down to take a drink, the water will spill out and the process starts over again.

thats the theory

got a little pile of post hole diggers the other day, it will make an interesting duckbill for the ol tippy bird,

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tippy bird in action

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