Build a better birdhouse

[ashling]

http://www.wimp.com/insidebirdhouse/

[Wounded Bear]

1. Didn't know Harry Potter built birdhouses...

[Earth_First]

2. Bird houses should generally not have perches...

It allows certain birds and predators the ability to use them to access and pillage the nest of certain species.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Are you kidding?

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99.9% of birds build their nests it TREES of all things - lots of perches available.

Birdhouses are built by us humans. Many predators, out of their wisdom AVOID human habitats.

Don't understand your reasoning.



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[Earth_First]

5. Nope. I'm serious.

Both Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology suggest leaving perches off the front of a bird house to prevent the unfair advantage of predation.

Houses should also have an opening no larger than the species in which the nest box is being utilized to attract.

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. I live in the bush

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I don't care what Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology or any other "experts" say.

I've watched birds for decades - young ones get out on the branches to test their wings - then fly.

What do you expect young birds to do, go out the hole and drop to the ground?



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[lastlib]

4. I wanna be that bird!!

dat's funny!