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How to upgrade a bird nesting box to keep birds coming to your yard all winter

Birds primarily use nesting boxes to raise their young in spring and summer, but a simple change can turn the abandoned ...
Popular Science

To protect birds and motorists, engineers build a steel nest box on bridge

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Star Tribune

Backyard nest boxes give you a front-row seat on birds raising their young

Feeders, water and birdhouses are three good ways to bring birds to your yard. The latter offers pleasures the former do not. Birds that nest in houses or boxes are obligate cavity nesters: obligated ...
Ames Tribune

Steve Lekwa: Get those nest boxes ready

Clean-out doors in the bluebird boxes at Hickory Grove Park were closed earlier in March. They were left open all winter to discourage deer mice and house sparrows from moving in. A few bluebirds hang ...
WSET

Gov. Northam's plan to protect migratory birds includes nesting island, bird management

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- Governor Ralph Northam has announced a plan to protect migratory birds. According to a statement from Northam, he plans to address habitat loss for colonial nesting birds on ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Smith: Nest boxes help put wind beneath birds' wings

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...
Science Daily

Deforestation limits nesting habitat for cavity-nesting birds

A new study of cavity-nesting birds in Ecuador shows the influence of deforestation on their habitat and reproductive success. Nest boxes could help. With an extendable pole fitted with a small camera ...
The New York Times

First We Fell in Love With a Smart Bird Feeder. Then This Smart Bird House Stole Our Hearts.

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