birds, spring and nestmaking

[Guest guest]

I read a cool tip last fall about saving all my scraps

of thread, fabric and yarn from my crafts and to put

these scraps outside in the spring for the birds. I

guess the birds will come and take the scraps to use

in their nest building. I keep a basket hanging on

the wall behind my sewing machine and I save all my

scraps and will be putting them outside come March.

Also, when you brush your dog, save the hair and put

it out for the birds, too.

When I look up in the trees this spring, it's going to

be reminiscent of the quilts I made this winter.

How cool is that?

Julie in Kansas City

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Julie, do you know of the magazine "Birds and Blooms"?

It is a good mag and they also are giving all kinds of good tips how to help the wild birds and how to feeds them and how to help them with putting out wooden nest boxes for the species that accept them. You can google for it if you are interested.

 

Barbara

 

 

 

I read a cool tip last fall about saving all my scrapsof thread, fabric and yarn from my crafts and to putthese scraps outside in the spring for the birds. Iguess the birds will come and take the scraps to usein their nest building. I keep a basket hanging onthe wall behind my sewing machine and I save all myscraps and will be putting them outside come March. Also, when you brush your dog, save the hair and putit out for the birds, too. When I look up in the trees this spring, it's going tobe reminiscent of the quilts I made this winter.How cool is that?Julie in Kansas City

[Guest guest]

Julie,

 

They use MANY things! Save the hair from your hairbrush also. My

cousin, Suzie, (now deceased) who was a flaming carrot orange red

head used to do that because she heard birds would use animal and

human hair as insulation in their nests. She lived in the country-

side of the Saracuse, NY area, and one day she was walking in the

woods and found a bright orange abandoned birds nest on the ground

(it had fallen out of the tree). It was made almost entirely out of

her hair! She sprayed it with laquer and kept it, but I have, since

hearing that, always placed my hair outside for the birds...

 

--Cee--

 

RealSimple , Julie <sunlady120 wrote:

>

> I read a cool tip last fall about saving all my scraps

> of thread, fabric and yarn from my crafts and to put

> these scraps outside in the spring for the birds. I

> guess the birds will come and take the scraps to use

> in their nest building. I keep a basket hanging on

> the wall behind my sewing machine and I save all my

> scraps and will be putting them outside come March.

> Also, when you brush your dog, save the hair and put

> it out for the birds, too.

> When I look up in the trees this spring, it's going to

> be reminiscent of the quilts I made this winter.

> How cool is that?

> Julie in Kansas City

[Guest guest]

I've frequently seen the birds carry off the dog hair out of my back yard. They also pull the coconut fiber out of my planters, lol.

 

Cyndi

 

In a message dated 2/18/2007 12:25:06 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, sunlady120 writes:

I read a cool tip last fall about saving all my scrapsof thread, fabric and yarn from my crafts and to putthese scraps outside in the spring for the birds. Iguess the birds will come and take the scraps to usein their nest building. I keep a basket hanging onthe wall behind my sewing machine and I save all myscraps and will be putting them outside come March. Also, when you brush your dog, save the hair and putit out for the birds, too. When I look up in the trees this spring, it's going tobe reminiscent of the quilts I made this winter.How cool is that?Julie in Kansas City

 

 

[Guest guest]

I LOVE that magazine!

 

Cyndi

 

In a message dated 2/18/2007 12:46:54 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, barbara3 writes:

 

Julie, do you know of the magazine "Birds and Blooms"?

It is a good mag and they also are giving all kinds of good tips how to help the wild birds and how to feeds them and how to help them with putting out wooden nest boxes for the species that accept them. You can google for it if you are interested.

 

Barbara

 

 

[Guest guest]

I heard that too, Celia. My hair is very short so I do not do it but anyone with long hair can help the birds at the nesting time

 

Barbara

 

 

Julie,They use MANY things! Save the hair from your hairbrush also. My cousin, Suzie, (now deceased) who was a flaming carrot orange red head used to do that because she heard birds would use animal and human hair as insulation in their nests. She lived in the country-side of the Saracuse, NY area, and one day she was walking in the woods and found a bright orange abandoned birds nest on the ground (it had fallen out of the tree). It was made almost entirely out of her hair! She sprayed it with laquer and kept it, but I have, since hearing that, always placed my hair outside for the birds...--Cee--

[Guest guest]

They use MANY things! Save the hair from your hairbrush also. My

cousin, Suzie, (now deceased) who was a flaming carrot orange red

head used to do that because she heard birds would use animal and

human hair as insulation in their nests. She lived in the country-

side of the Saracuse, NY area, and one day she was walking in the

woods and found a bright orange abandoned birds nest on the ground

(it had fallen out of the tree). It was made almost entirely out of

her hair! She sprayed it with laquer and kept it, but I have, since

hearing that, always placed my hair outside for the birds...

 

--Cee--

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There was a thread on another group recently about birds using hair for

nests from hairbrushes. If you have long hair, you might want to snip the

strands before you put it out there for building material. There is some

danger in a baby bird getting itself entangled and trapped in long hairs

when it attempts to leave the nest....shorter hair strands keep this from

happening?

I don't know how big a danger this is or if anyone has gone so far as to

do research on this but I thought I'd mention it.

I often litter my hair from the car window.....lol

sluggy