gallusrostromegalus:

the-last-hair-bender:

Fun fact!

For those of you that have long coat dogs and horses, when you brush them save the hair and put it out in branches for birds.

It’s a really good insulating material for their nests and it doesn’t rot like yarn or material would out in the elements. 🙂

This is true and a good thing to do this time of year.  You can also leave out cat, rabbit, goat or other domestic animal hair for them too.

Small caution: If your pet has gotten Dermal flea/tick medication (the drops you put on the back of the neck, not the pills) in the last week or wears a flea collar, thier fur is not safe for birds.  If it’s been more than a week since dermal medication was given, thier fur shoudbe safe again.  Internal (pill/chew) flea/tick meds will not effect birds.

Other things you can leave out for nesting birds:

• Natutral/biodegradeable fabic scraps like cotton or wool, but not nylon/polyester other plastic-derived ones, as they can tangle around bird feet and are too tough to pick off. 
• Yard slash like lawn trimmings, leaves, hedge clippings, downed branches etc.  A slash pile makes both good nesting material and good hunting for birds, becuase they can look for bugs in the leaf litter.
• pie-pan or flat dish with about half an inch of water in it for drinking/bathing, kept in the shade.