By offering a variety of safe nesting materials in your garden, you can attract a variety of birds who are shopping for home building materials.
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Offer Safe Nesting Materials For The Birds
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Dog hair is one of many good choices.
Use suet cages to hold the materials. Be cautious with yarn-you want short pieces (less than 6").
Suitable materials include straw
twigs
yarn – not longer than 6″
dry grass
dog hair
dry leaves
shredded paper
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Several times I've read that dryer lint was a good source of nesting material for birds.
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I have done this several times and the birds love it!
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