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Why Provide Homes For Birds?
Why supply homes for birds? Many beneficial songbirds depend on natural nesting sites, such as holes in trees. Because of urban sprawl and logging, many of these nesting sites are being diminished and populations of the birds dependent on them are dwindling. To counteract this trend, it is becoming more and more important that these nesting sites be replaced by human supplied housing. A great benefit of supplying homes for birds is being able to observe birds raising their young in your backyard.
You will also increase the quality of life in your backyard. Birds can eat thousands of insects every day, especially when feeding their young. So, more birds means less bugs. And the beautiful song of the Finch, Purple Martin or Bluebird can't help but brighten your day.
You will also increase the quality of life in your backyard. Birds can eat thousands of insects every day, especially when feeding their young. So, more birds means less bugs. And the beautiful song of the Finch, Purple Martin or Bluebird can't help but brighten your day.
Gourd Homes For Birds
Provide Gourd Birdhouses to Attract Cavity Nesting Birds
Gourds are excellent natural homes for birds. Birds are more attracted to gourds than to a manufactured birdhouse. Leaving a little gourd material in the birdhouse will provide some nesting material for the birds. You can also make sure there are twigs, string, hair, corn fodder, long grasses and mud nearby. Where you place the gourdbirdhouse is also important in attracting birds. Purple Martins, Swallows, and many Seabirds like living in close proximity (colonies) with other birds of the same species. Most other songbirds do not. Wrens, for example, are very territorial, and stake out an area for themselves. If you place too many wren houses in a small area, you won't have them all occupied. Putting up one house for each species, with some distance between them, will result in more success in filling them all.
Besides the birds noted above, gourds also make good homes for Bluebirds, Nuthatches, Titmouse, Carolina Wren and Chickadees.
Info On Creating Backyard Habitats
Great information about attracting birds and other wildlife to your backyard.
Types of Gourd Birdhouses
Gourds can be used in a variety of different ways. They are quite attractive and rustic if just left natural or with wood burned designs. Many artists paint beautiful designs on gourds which make them not only a great birdhouse, but are a real work of art to decorate your yard. There are so many designs and themes of gourd birdhouses that you are sure to find exactly the style that you want. There are many great deals on gourd birdhouses on Ebay.
Unusual Gourd Birdhouses on Ebay
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Gardening and Gourdhouse Links
- My Prairie Garden Home
- Garden Wildlife Accessories plus plants and gardening supplies.
- AmishGourd Site
- Site all about gourds.
- Darl's Prairie Creations Etsy Store
- More unique gourd birdhouses.
- My Happy Gardener Blog
- This and that about gardening and outdoor living. Lots of resources and ideas to enjoy your outdoor spaces.
More Gourd Birdhouses
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Where To Find Gourds
If you have the space, and like to garden, growing your own gourds is a fun and satisfying hobby. Gourds are harvested in the fall, after the vines die and then must be stored in a dry area for several months to "cure" and harden.
If you don't have the space or want to wait for your gourds to cure, there are many ready to decorate gourds available on Ebay.
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen May 25, 2009 @ 5:43 pm
- Welcome to The Nature and the Outdoors Group
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- d-artist d-artist Sep 21, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
- I have a dozen dried gourds I want to paint, yet have not done so, this lens has inspired me.5*s
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Jul 26, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
- my mother grows gourds, dries them out, and turns them into beautiful birdhouses. I took several pictures of them intending to create a lens on them. You beat me to it.
Great job!
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- MiamiWillie MiamiWillie Jul 15, 2008 @ 9:19 am
- I just love this lens. Thank you.
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- Jul 13, 2008 @ 6:52 am
- Great lens!
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