Tips from 'Birder Bill'
• If you see a baby bird on the ground this spring, don't pick it up. Its parents will keep feeding it and it can still learn to fly.
• When you build a birdhouse, don't put a little peg underneath the front door. The nesting birds don't need it when they enter. And a peg invites intruder birds to sit at the door and bedevil the babies inside.
• When nesting season approaches, you might want to stand under a tree to clean out your hairbrushes and pet combs. Birds will incorporate the hair into the nests they are building.
• Wondering how high to hang your birdhouse? Bill Fenimore recommends grandpa hoisting height, i.e., not so high off the ground that an adult can't lift a child to peep inside. Come fall, you'll need easy access to the birdhouse so that you can clean it out.
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