How To Prevent Swallows From Building Nests On Your Home And Commercial Buildings

Here come the Swallows, it must be spring.  Each year these beautiful birds begin to build their mud nests on our buildings, barns, homes and other areas like bridges.  The eave of your home provides the perfect nest building spot for swallows; providing protection form the elements and predators.  Each year homeowners are plagued with [...]

Can I get bird flu from cleaning my backyard bird bath?

Can I get bird flu (or possibly anything else) by cleaning my backyard bird feeders or bird bath? I typically dump the water in the bird bath once a week and brush it clean with hot water before filling it. I live in the great-lakes area (north of Lake Erie) and I don’t know if [...]

Baby bird has fallen from nest — and i feel so sorry for it yet dont know what to do am feeling real guilty!

i have an outside lattice covered patio atop concrete slab that leads to our pool…… an hour ago, while picking up dog poo , i came upon a baby bird which had fallen from its nest made inside our latice covered patio… we tried to return it to its nest (using a dust pan so [...]

Baby Bird Fell from Nest?

I’m so lucky to have a barn swallow nest above my front door for the 2nd year in a row. This is their 2nd clutch of eggs. I stepped out and saw a tiny baby bird (still eyes closed) on the concrete below covered in ants. It was still moving and so I got a [...]

what chemicals prevent mosquitoes from breeding in my bird bath?

what chemicals can prevent mosquitoes from breeding in my large garden bird bath? it is a circle about 3 ft. across. does the chemicals kill the birds that drink out of it?

How can I prevent mosquitos from breeding in a bird bath?

I’m thinking of putting a bird bath in my back yard (so they’ll have water and then my backyard can be a good habitat). I’m worried that mosquitos will breed in the bird bath though (water). I don’t have time to change the water every day..Any tips?

does anyone know how to keep a bird bath dish from getting tipped over? A cat jumped up and broke mine.?

I mean the cement bird baths that are two piece.

How can you stop a very aggressive bird in my backyard from attacking my 2 dogs?

Two backyards away from mine, there used to be a nest in one of the trees. We noticed this bird nose diving our dogs for over a month now and called the conservation office to inquire. They told us that as soon as the fledgings were able to fly and take care of themselves, the [...]

How do you keep mosquitoes from breeding in a garden bird bath?

I have three cement bird baths around my house. The birds make substantial use of them. When rain doesn’t supply the water for them, I do. But someone told me mosquitoes are breeding in these things and I shouldn’t use them. Is this true?

How can we keep your bird bath from turning black from the water?

The areas where water runs down on our bird baths turns black and is very hard to clean. Is there something we can add into the water that will not harm birds?

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