Hi all
I leave some dog hair in an old clothes peg basket in the front yard for birds
to collect for nesting materials. In the past, Superb Fairy-wrens, Eastern
Spinebills and Red Wattlebirds have collected hair.
Today, the wattlebirds were taking some; they are building again after
successfully raising two young.
Two new birds took some hair today. A Willie Wagtail, from one of the two pairs
that live very close by, took some hair on two occasions. I didn’t see where
the bird went though. A female Magpie-lark also took some hair on three
occasions; the first time, she collected a bit of grass as well as the hair,
dunked the whole lot in the bird bath, then took it straight up to the nest
under construction just across the street.
Another donation was quickly brushed out of the dog and put in the basket!
Anthony
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