Hey tweets, the best thing to do to provide nesting materials for birds is to think about planting native plants that birds aleady use for nesting materials:
• thistledown
• cattail fluff
• spider silk (don't use pesticides to kill insects and arachnids in your yard)
• lichen and moss on trees
• dry grasses
• small sticks left on the ground
• cottonwood fluff
• mud (for swallows)
- Connie, Seattle
csidles at constancypress.com
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On Feb 9, 2022, at 4:41 PM, THOMAS BENEDICT <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:
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So would synthetics work better? I know cotton is not recommended for human outdoor gear because it holds onto water. Maybe the same thing for hummingbirds?
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Tom Benedict
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Seahurst, WA
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On 02/09/2022 4:01 PM Constance Sidles <constancesidles at gmail.com> wrote:
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Dear Mike, it's best not to use dryer lint for nesting material because when it gets wet, it gets soggy and cold, which is bad for eggs and nestlings. - Connie, Seattle
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csidles at constancypress.com
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On Feb 9, 2022, at 3:17 PM, Mike Wagenbach <wagen at uw.edu> wrote:
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Is it OK to put out dryer lint for birds to pick up for nesting? Ours is probably mostly cotton.
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Mike Wagenbach
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Seattle