WS2000 Rain Gauge Bird Spike Ring

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Please post a picture if you make this! Note: I am working towards creating a slimmer version of this. Required bird spikes for the rain gauge on my Ambient Weather WS-2000 station, but didn't purchase them. Built this ring that snaps into place. It has (34) 10mmx2mm holes; however, I ended up using only one-third of the holes based on information found on the Davis Weather Station site posted by one of their support technicians, who noted that the wire only needs to be 2" long with 2" of spacing. The wire is there to make it difficult for birds to close their wings, not prevent them from landing according to their comments. Also, they mentioned that too much wire or too thick of wire will deflect/block some rain from dropping into the gauge. I used the ground wire from some 14/2 romex I had on hand; however, any kind of wire works. If I had thinner music wire, I would just put a drop of super glue in each hole after inserting.