Fun little project providing nesting materials for birds.

[Kildale]

I pick a couple of bull rushes and put them on the deck for the birds. Here are a couple of birds taking it.

[Equilibrium]

Nice photos but sorta hard to see since they're not enlarging when you click on them.

[Calliandra]

Originally Posted by Kildale

I pck a couple of bull rushes and put them on the deck for the birds. Here are a couple of birds taking it.

Is that bulrush or cattail?

I planted bulrushes but all I got were cattails. :-(

[Kildale]

OK, they are probably cattails, I don't know the differance. I just picked them from a local swampy area. Here is a bigger picture of the hummingbird.

[Kildale]

Here are 2 shots of a siskin taking some of the seedheads.

[havalotta]

They sure seem to like THAT!
Lorax's link had some other good suggestions.

[Kildale]

I have pampas grass in the garden and put a couple of pieces on the deck to watch the birds take bits of it. Not always my favorite bird however.

[Annetel]

When grooming my horses I saved shed hair and packed it into a suet cage. I never saw any birds take any, but they can help themselves to hair on the ground when the horses roll.

[TheLorax]

Cortaderia spp. may not be the best choice of nesting materials to offer birds. It is an extremely aggressive ornamental non-native tussock grass.

[BooBooBearBecky]

Another way to provide nesting materials for birds, especially in the winter.