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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Keys to a Successful Bird House
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:11
	Publish Date:		2018-04-26 09:00:00
	Description:		Constructing a bird house can be a satisfying activity both when construction is complete and when you see birds successfully using it to raise their young. In this episode of Wildlife Matters , the Masked Biologist shares some pointers for building a safe and successful bird house. Every spring I get an inquiry or two about bird houses, wood duck houses, and bird feeders. Bird feeding is the number two hobby in the United States, after gardening, so it stands to reason that so many people are interested in learning more. In spring especially, we get an influx of birds hammering feeders in an effort to refuel after flying thousands of miles from their southern wintering grounds as they head to their breeding grounds here in the north. In a normal year, we would expect that birds would have started to move into erected bird houses—but this is not a normal year. Mid-April is usually when they start nesting, but from what I have seen, the April snowstorms have slowed things down at least
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