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Help for Nesting BirdsMany backyard birds begin the big task of mating and nesting in the Springtime. Spring is a busy time for nesting birds and a delightful time for the backyard birder to watch and observe. Birds will readily nest in your backyard if you offer a steady supply of food, water and shelter in the form of trees and bird houses. As spring approaches, don't forget the importance of offering nesting sites, nesting materials, food and water to attract nesting birds to your backyard. Nesting birds can use your help!! A single nest can take thousands of trips to find materials and build. Help them out by offering nesting materials in concentrated, readily observable piles or stashes to reduce the time it takes a bird to find things and build a nest. Offer the following items wedged in the trunk of a tree, an empty suet cage or a basket suspended from the branch of a tree: Early spring is the time to put up your birdhouses so prime real estate is waiting and ready for nesting birds. Offering species specific nest boxes as well as nesting materials will not only help nesting birds, but will entice nesting birds and their off-spring to your yard on a consistent basis. If you want to offer birdhouses in your garden, some common nesting box birds include bluebirds, chickadees, and wrens! Don't stop feeding suet to your wild birds when the weather warms. Suet is a year round feeding practice and is especially important to nesting birds in the spring. Mating, building a nest and raising the young are very taxing. Suet is a welcome source of energy during this time of year. Keeping suet handy all year will keep those beautiful insect eating birds coming back for more. Try adding a few dried and crushed eggshells in your bird feeder. Nesting birds will appreciate the extra source of calcium as they begin to lay their eggs. We also offer a combination suet with calcium, designed specifically for nesting birds. Some backyard birds like robins and swallows use mud as an important component of their nests. Create a sloppy, gooey mud puddle for them! We take an old garbage can lid or birdbath insert and create some mud for them! When your birds are through nesting, always remember to clean out your bird houses. Remove any old nests and scrub with a 10% bleach solution. Allow to dry thoroughly before remounting. We like to let ours dry in the sun for several days. Always keep your nesting boxes up, some birds will use them for roosting in the cold winter months. Having your bird house up and ready at all times of year, will encourage the early nesting birds to your backyard first! HAPPY BIRDING! |
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