It's getting time for birds to start building their nests and lots of people like to put out materials for them to use.
Please Do Not use dryer lint!!! When it gets wet or damp it sticks to everything and is impossible for the birds to clean off.
Dampen your fingers and try it.Nasty stuff..especially if you're a mama bird and have damp feathers from hatchlings.
It looks soft and cozy,and the birds will think so too.Just don't let them use it.
Nesting material
So glad I saw this. I have a wastebasket full of the stuff - guess I'll bag it up and trash it. Thanks for the info.
CoCo
Mar 14, 2002
Offer nesting material. Provide pet or human hair and short pieces (less than two inches) of fiber, string, and yarn by leaving material in obvious places or hanging it from mesh or onion bags.
Put out eggshells for birds. Female birds require extra calcium for egg production. Save your eggshells, cook them in the oven (20 minutes at 250° F), crumble them into small pieces, and spread the pieces on a visible spot outside.
thanks Melody, am putting together an onion bag this week to hang out. Will keep that in mind! I will also start saving my eggshells!
The birds always loved the fur from my white persian cat. I'd put fur from her & some from the dog in a basket and the white cat fur would be gone in a few days. Just the smelly dog hair would be left.
Last year I saved a ratty old feather pillow and use those feathers for the birds nesting basket. They loved em.
Hmmm, the birds here must not be quite so picky! LOL They love it when we brush our Husky outside. When they get impatient, they dive bomb her for those nice 'cotton balls' she often loses. LOL
I like this idea! I would like to do it too. I can collect pet and human hair for the nesting basket. What else should I put in it and where should I put it? In a tree or where? I can also provide egg shells for the mama birds. What a great thing to do!
My sheep scratch themselves on the fences. Strings of wool everywhere and what cool be better for a nest than that?
The birds used to steal the bunny fur when I brushed the rabbits before a show. I kept it in a basket where they could get it anytime. It's funny to find a bird nest with my own hair in it, or the dog's or bunnies fur.