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Bird Feeder Friend’s goal is to socially unite the birding community online.  If you run a birding website please email me at info@birdlandlord.com so we may add your website as a tab!

I’m extremely excited to make this announcement and I do hope all of you will join and tell your friends!

This bird must have taught Michael Jackson the moonwalk.  I believe it’s a Manakin (please correct me if I’m wrong).  This video is hysterical, a must watch!  The bird shimmies forward, then moonwalks really quickly backwards across the branch.  I could watch this bird for hours!  I want one in my bird house!

The bird moonwalking starts about 40 seconds into the video.  For a special treat you have a crazy lady imitating the bird.

From a typical bird house owner’s perspective there would be that satisfaction of knowing your bird houses is the nicest on the block regardless of whether your little bird tenants appreciated the extra warmth, but…

Would a heated bird house have a tangible gain or could you potentially be doing  a disservice to birds by having a heated bird house?

Would a heated bird house potentially attract predators or deter birds from nesting in your bird house, or offer a home that would allow a bird to survive unbearably cold days?

Embedding multiple bird houses within the frame of your house is an extremely interesting concept.  This house has 10 bird houses within the frame of the house.  I’m curious as to the noise level inside the house and if the birds over the years would possibly compromise the structural integrity of the house.

Bird house innovation is always fun to see!

Choose a Bird House Color that Blends into the Environment

Much like a fire-engine red sports car draws attention to the police on the highway, a brightly colored bird house will draw attention to predators making it a potentially unsafe environment for birds to nest. Choose a color for your bird house that blends well with your environment, much like the picture. This will not only be safer for your birds, but it will also be more aesthetically pleasing when brightly colored birds nest in your bird house. The color contrast from the bird to the bird house will make the bird’s colors appear more brilliant.

Choose a Non-Toxic Paint if you Decide to Paint your Bird House

Though this seems obvious, it’s something people do not always consider when selecting a color for their bird house. Buying non-toxic paints is as simple as reading the label at your local hardware store. If you’re unsure if the paint you’re buying is non-toxic make sure you ask for help in the store.

This is a terrific video for all of the do-it-yourselfers who have been looking to build their own gourd bird house. The video is a little over 7 minutes long and goes over all of the steps to having your own gourd bird house.

The only problem is gourds take a year to dry before you can use them to create a gourd bird house.  So, if you haven’t already dried out your gourd for your bird house, you’re going to have to wait at least a year before you can have your first gourd bird house.  Unless you look to one of the retail options for gourd bird houses .

Follow Bird Landlord on Twitter!

We invite you to follow Bird Landlord on Twitter!  Twitter is a micro-blogging social media platform where we will broadcast important industry news about bird houses, bird house reviews, bird house plans..etc.  You’ll be able to find links to our most recent blog posts and outside articles we think you’ll find interesting about bird houses.

To follow us on Twitter simply go to www.Twitter.com/birdlandlord and click follow if you’re already a member of Twitter.    If you’re not a member you’ll need to sign up for Twitter and then go to www.Twitter.com/birdlandlord and click follow.  We’ll be displaying your tweets at us on our homepage.  We look forward to seeing them!

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