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<blockquote data-quote="Channahon" data-source="post: 283050" data-attributes="member: 7666"><p>A little info for our feathered friends, I thought I would share.</p><p> </p><p>I never knew about the eggshells, so rather than tossing them in the garbage disposal or trash, another way to recylce and help the environment.</p><p> </p><p>Eggshells from your breakfast can provide mother-to-be birds with calcium for their own eggshell production in spring. Rinse and dry your eggshells, then crush them and mix them with seed, or put them out on a platform feeder. </p><p> </p><p>Keep bird houses up over the winter to provide weather sheltering for wintering birds. In very early spring clean out last year's nests! </p><p> </p><p>Add rocks or bird bath fillers to create different water levels within the bath. This is especially helpful to small birds if your bath is deeper than 1 1/2 inches, the ideal water depth. </p><p> </p><p>Special window decals can help save birds from crashing into your windows. Migrating birds – and even year round regulars – can mistake a reflection in your window for a bit of sky and fly right into your glass window or door. A few decals with UV coating which birds see as a solid blue (and we see as transparent!) can help them realize they cannot ‘fly through’! These decals can save countless bird lives and injuries. These decals do work, I purchased some due to a few birds flying into my window that does not open or have a screen. I haven't noticed any birds flying into windows that have screens.</p><p> </p><p>If possible, place feeders in or near evergreen shrubs for shelter, or temporarily close in three sides of a platform feeder to keep out wind. Keep feeders to the south of your home, if possible, out of the north winds</p><p> </p><p>And if you have a live Christmas tree, and have a spot for it in your yard, I put mine out last year, and found a robin's nest in late spring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channahon, post: 283050, member: 7666"] A little info for our feathered friends, I thought I would share. I never knew about the eggshells, so rather than tossing them in the garbage disposal or trash, another way to recylce and help the environment. Eggshells from your breakfast can provide mother-to-be birds with calcium for their own eggshell production in spring. Rinse and dry your eggshells, then crush them and mix them with seed, or put them out on a platform feeder. Keep bird houses up over the winter to provide weather sheltering for wintering birds. In very early spring clean out last year's nests! Add rocks or bird bath fillers to create different water levels within the bath. This is especially helpful to small birds if your bath is deeper than 1 1/2 inches, the ideal water depth. Special window decals can help save birds from crashing into your windows. Migrating birds – and even year round regulars – can mistake a reflection in your window for a bit of sky and fly right into your glass window or door. A few decals with UV coating which birds see as a solid blue (and we see as transparent!) can help them realize they cannot ‘fly through’! These decals can save countless bird lives and injuries. These decals do work, I purchased some due to a few birds flying into my window that does not open or have a screen. I haven't noticed any birds flying into windows that have screens. If possible, place feeders in or near evergreen shrubs for shelter, or temporarily close in three sides of a platform feeder to keep out wind. Keep feeders to the south of your home, if possible, out of the north winds And if you have a live Christmas tree, and have a spot for it in your yard, I put mine out last year, and found a robin's nest in late spring. [/QUOTE]
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