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Barnyard Buddies:  Dryer lint & dental floss for birds  |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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 Posted - Mar 11 2014 : 8:53:15 PM
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I know that sounds strange, but it's spring and birds are building their nests. They like to line the nest with dryer lint and they use string to wrap around the nest and help hold it together. So instead of throwing away your used dryer lint and dental floss, set it outside where the birds can find it. You might even roll the lint into a ball and wrap the floss around it--little ornaments for the birds to carry off!
Cindy
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead O'Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2014 : 05:20:59 AM
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I would worry about dental floss getting wrapped around their legs. I know its waxed but the wax would make it too hard for them to break if it did get wrapped. I've seen birds use pieces of tarps. also set out your hair from your shower or cleaning your brush/comb.
Patience is worth a bushel of brains...from a chinese fortune cookie |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2014 : 07:59:45 AM
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scraps of yarn and ribbon they also use, and as a bonus, it makes colorful nests...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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magnoliakathy
True Blue Farmgirl
453 Posts
Kathryn
Magnolia
Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2014 : 8:29:49 PM
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I keep a small plastic jar on my end table for all the yarn clippings and small leftover pieces when I crochet. I save one or two of those net onion bags, put my scraps in, run a string around the open end and hang it on my clothesline post. It makes me smile to see the birds use the scraps and occasionally I find an abandoned nest with colorful threads woven in it.
When you free your mind your heart can fly. Farmgirl # 714, |
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TeresaJ25
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
Medford
NY
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2014 : 03:35:27 AM
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Last year I had put lint and ribbon in one of those suet feeders and hung it from my dogwood tree. I will never forget the look on my brother-in-law's face when he walked by and was like "WHAT is THAT??!!"
Oh, that's just me, helping the little birdies!
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
Little Henhouse on the Island
http://www.SweetLambHeritage.etsy.com
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Edited by - TeresaJ25 on Mar 18 2014 03:37:56 AM |
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TeresaJ25
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
Medford
NY
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2014 : 03:36:00 AM
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Oops, hit the wrong button! |
Edited by - TeresaJ25 on Mar 18 2014 03:37:24 AM |
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Barnyard Buddies: Dryer lint & dental floss for birds |
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Dryer lint & dental floss for birds
