6 Station Hummingbird feeder with perches

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I liked Gazorpa's "Hummingbird Feeder with Perch" https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1754719 but I wanted to make a few changes to it. Where I live, we have many hummingbirds visiting, and subsequently have several hummingbird feeders around the perimeter of the house. The store bought feeders we're currently using have 6 flowers, which prevents the hummingbirds from fighting too much. I added 3 more feed stations to Gazorpa's model. Additionally, all the water bottles currently available to me have cap threads consisting of 3 separate intertwined coils with a steep pitch, so the single coil threads of Gazorpa's model do not fit my bottles, which mostly come from Walmart. We have Walmart water bottles and Ozarka bottles in the house at the moment and all of the bottles have those same 3 coil threads. I'm including a version of the 6 station base with Gazorpa's original threads just in case a single threaded water bottle is more common elsewhere. The bottle I settled on for my feeders is the 1 litre "Great Value" "Hydrate Alkaline Water" bottle due to the thickness of PET used on those bottles which make them strong. Also, my son is buying those waters all the time, so there is no shortage of those bottles for arts and crafts. The two piece hanger I made for this is made to fit that particular water bottle. The 1 litre Walmart brand water bottles have a diameter of approximately 72.5mm. If somebody is going to use a different sized or shaped bottle, the two hanger pieces could be scaled evenly up or down. Only the top hanger needs to fit the diameter of the bottle. The bottom hanger is a resting point for the open end of the bottle. Refer to photo's. The two pieces of the hanger connect to each other by a single piece of crafting twine which also provides the means to hang the feeder from a hook.