Use of fake nests

Use of fake nests is a proven technique. Recently I used it to encourage to birds to populate "vacant" areas in one of my bird house. In this case it is a floor with few nests.

I tried both fake plastic nests and Styrofoam pads.



















Of course the first signs are birds droppings. When new dropping increases all the time, its a good sign.















Soon some visible marking of bird nest added to it followed by eggs. In this instance, the preference of the fake nest over the foam pad.


































Shown hatched to chicks.















The two chicks of the 2 eggs nest.















This is the single egg nest.















Not all are populated yet, but the results are encouraging.

I might have scared some off during the frequent checks - so the lesson of don't over do it.