Senior Moments - The Campbellford Seniors Club Newsletter Vol 3 - 2014 | Page 6

Senior Interests

5 Steps for Adding
Bird Houses
to Your Backyard...
1. Learn Your CavityNesting Birds
Not all bird species prefer
the comfort of enclosed
shelter for brooding their
eggs or raising their young.
First, be aware of your
most common backyard
bird species and note which
ones regularly visit your
yard, and you can begin to
cater your bird houses to
suit those species that are
already familiar with and
comfortable in your yard.
Chickadees, tits, nuthatches,
wrens and bluebirds are
some of the most common

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bird house residents. They
will be the ones most eager
to investigate any houses
you add to your yard, and
they will be the first to take
up residence if your bird
houses meet their cavity
nesting needs.

2. Buy Or Build
Appropriate Bird Houses
While birds aren’t always
discriminating about the
size or style of the houses
they choose for nesting,
you will have better success
attracting birds to your
houses if you opt for styles

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