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Add a Squirrel Baffle-Sit Back & Relax!
Tired of pesky squirrels damaging your bird feeders, raiding birdseed and stealing suet? No problem with use of a good squirrel baffle. When placed correctly, they’re amazingly effective at keeping squirrels at bay. The main trick is placement, height and vertical distance from any possible launching point for squirrels. Remember, these critters are excellent acrobats, they can jump sideways up to eight feet, and up to six feet high!Whether hanging, pole mounted on a shepherd’s hook, or post mounted on a 4×4 post, a squirrel baffle will really solve this invasive, annoying, and frustrating problem. They’re simple to install, and made to last. This pole-mounted version actually opens and clamps around the shepherd’s hook or pole.
Add a squirrel baffle to bird feeders where squirrels are a problem-.and once and for all be done with problem squirrels!
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Easy To Do Nesting Material for Birds
You can entice more feathered friends to your yard, and help them out by offering nesting materials. They’ll seek out their preferred material and if conditions are favorable (mature trees, brush and thickets) will take up residence at your place. If you’re attentive and observant, you may be able to spot the nest and even see the nestlings before they fledge.Many kinds of commercial nesting materials are available; from cotton balls, to wreaths containing feathers and strings, to baskets, filled with yarns, cotton fibers, and hemp. But you can easily make your own nest ball using some pretty common items that are usually discarded in the trash.
Start with a mesh produce bag-like the kind from the grocery store. Next save your dryer lint a few times instead of tossing it. Got a dog or cat? Pet hair also works well in the mix! The home made nest ball at left is made strictly from horse tail hair, and as you can see…the birds have torn it apart!
Both non-cavity dwelling birds, and birds who use houses will seek out nesting material to build a suitable site in which they’ll lay eggs and raise the babies.
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Bird Nesting Materials Will Attract More Species
Attract more feathered friends to your yard with nesting materials. You can encourage nest building in your yard and attract more wild birds by offering bird nesting materials such as; feathers, cotton yarns and strings, hemp and aspen fiber. Several holders and kits with refills make it an easy task that yields favorable results – for you and the birds!
The Birdie Bell shown at left is a versatile nest material vessel that can be used year round. Shaped to hold the common birdseed bells for winter feeding, they also hold orange halves and other fruits for summer time feeding for orioles, woodpeckers and others.
Nesting wreaths contain some of the favorite bird nesting materials mentioned above, and also have refills available. North American non-cavity dwellers will seek these materials to build suitable nests. Add a fresh water source such as a bird bath, and if there are trees and shrubs in your yard to offer cover, and not too many predators…you’ll see birds who never even visit your feeders.
With spring upon us, it’s quite favorable that feathered friends will take up residence soon!
Birding Tips, Information & News
You can entice more feathered friends to your yard, and help them out by offering nesting materials. They’ll seek out their preferred material and if conditions are favorable (mature trees, brush and thickets) will take up residence at your place. If you’re attentive and observant, you may be able to spot the nest and even see the nestlings before they fledge.
