Protecting your attracted birds

If you've added any of the birdhouses from the series I've posted to your yard, now you'll want to make sure you protect them from predators.



Here are plans for a guard to add to any houses mounted on poles, to protect them from pests such as outdoor cats.





Source:

Schutz, Walter E.  1973.   Bird Watching, Housing and Feeding.  Milwaukee: Bruce Publishers

On that note - outdoor cats, whether family pets or feral, are devastating to wildlife populations.  This link will soon be home to a post on that.