Fun little project providing nesting materials for birds. - Wildlife Gardeners

TheLorax · 02-17-2010, 04:07 PM

I offer nesting materials to our birds.

One of the materials I offer is dryer lint. I use laundry detergent free of harsh chemicals and do not use fabric softners.

I enjoy watching the birds pulling my humble nesting material offerings and thought you might also.

MaggyNoLia · 02-17-2010, 04:45 PM

We use pet hair. I always grab all the hair I get after brushing the pets and I shove it into the crevices on the palmetto trees for them to find.

lonediver · 02-17-2010, 06:16 PM

Good ideas both , we air dry here though .

There is a laundromat close by but I would not know what would have been put in the laundry so that would be a bad idea ? Would there be harmful residue after being dried ?

linrose · 02-19-2010, 09:07 AM

Good ideas! I have a couple of old feather pillows that I could use. I could never sleep on them anyway. To me they smell like wet chickens!

lonediver · 02-19-2010, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by linrose

Good ideas! I have a couple of old feather pillows that I could use. I could never sleep on them anyway. To me they smell like wet chickens!

Another fine idea , my only contribution is that around here for this thread . on my property I have a somewhat large quanity of large bunch grasses . Most go dormant in winter . Normally close to about this time of year (late feb-early march) shear the tops off and cut the stems , leaves into shorter lengths and leave a pile out for the critters to pick through .

havalotta · 02-19-2010, 02:42 PM

I empty my bird cage litter (Corn cob granules) into the floral gardens to decompose. When poring it out I blow through it to send the feathers into the grass beyond for them to gather.

Sage · 02-19-2010, 03:03 PM

Great ideas! They actually sell mesh bags of nest-buildng material now.

lonediver, I think laundromat lint may have harsh chemicals...

lonediver · 02-19-2010, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sage

Great ideas! They actually sell mesh bags of nest-buildng material now.

lonediver, I think laundromat lint may have harsh chemicals...

Was afraid of that , it would be of largely unknown material from ?

Oh well , an abundance of other ideas have been put forward .

Sage · 02-19-2010, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lonediver

Was afraid of that , it would be of largely unknown material from ?

Oh well , an abundance of other ideas have been put forward .

yeah, probably china... bad idea

But how about THIS - gag me with a spoon

lonediver · 02-19-2010, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sage

yeah, probably china... bad idea

But how about THIS - gag me with a spoon

Yummy !

Somewhere sometime back I was having a discussion with I believe The Lorax about unusual cuisine from around the world .

Hmmm , where was that thread ?

Shall we start another down, on Gardeners cafe seems right ?

You lead off , I will be glad to contribute .

02-17-2010, 04:07 PM	#1
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	Fun little project providing nesting materials for birds. I offer nesting materials to our birds. One of the materials I offer is dryer lint. I use laundry detergent free of harsh chemicals and do not use fabric softners. I enjoy watching the birds pulling my humble nesting material offerings and thought you might also. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

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havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	I empty my bird cage litter (Corn cob granules) into the floral gardens to decompose. When poring it out I blow through it to send the feathers into the grass beyond for them to gather. __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

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Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Great ideas! They actually sell mesh bags of nest-buildng material now. lonediver, I think laundromat lint may have harsh chemicals... __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

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02-17-2010, 04:45 PM	#2
MaggyNoLia Fox Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Carolina	We use pet hair. I always grab all the hair I get after brushing the pets and I shove it into the crevices on the palmetto trees for them to find.

02-17-2010, 06:16 PM	#3
lonediver Heron Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Maricopa , Arizona , U.S.A.	Good ideas both , we air dry here though . There is a laundromat close by but I would not know what would have been put in the laundry so that would be a bad idea ? Would there be harmful residue after being dried ?

02-19-2010, 09:07 AM	#4
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	Good ideas! I have a couple of old feather pillows that I could use. I could never sleep on them anyway. To me they smell like wet chickens!