1000 Flowers for the Planet - #201 Put Up a Bird House
With thanks to ‘allaboutwildlife.com’
for today’s Flower inspiration. Source: http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/ten-ways-to-help-wildlife
“Development by humans has
not only destroyed areas where wildlife searches for food, it has also deprived
birds, animals and insects of places to live and raise their young. One way we
can all compensate for this loss is to replace some of these lost nesting and
resting sites.
Probably the most familiar
artificial nesting site is the birdhouse. And birdhouses certainly do help,
especially if they are built specifically to suit the requirements of one or
more of our beleaguered native bird species.
If you plan on putting up a
few birdhouses, why not do a little research ahead of time to find out which
birds in your area are most in need of artificial shelter—and then build or buy
the types of houses that are most likely to attract them? Not surprisingly,
different birds have different needs in a house, including preferences in the
size of the house, its location, and the diameter of the opening. There are
also precautions you can take to make sure predators can’t get into the house
to kill the birds or their young.”
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