Friday, March 13, 2009

Looking for nesting materials?


Song Sparrow
Originally uploaded by Laura Erickson
Here's a homemaking hint, guys and gals. It's a little early to start working on a nest, but boy there's a lot of great nesting materials right now!


Cattail 1
The seeds are getting really loose! Even a tiny breeze sends one or two off.
Cattail 2
When the breeze picks up, more seeds fly off.
Cattail 3--here comes a big gust of wind!
And here's a big gust!
Cattail 4--Off they go!
Some will grow into new cattails, but they make can make a really soft nest lining, too!

3 comments:

Kim said...

We have plenty of that in our fields now too. I cut my hair this morning and have it in a plastic baggie. I am going to put it in a suet cage for the birds for nesting material.

Gerry Gomez Pearlberg said...

Nice post! I like the concept and execution of your blog.

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much!