How to: Protect Cardinal Nests & Babies from Predators

Описание: This video goes into several ways we, as stewards of our backyard wildlife can protect our actively nesting northern cardinals, as well as other native songbirds.

While protecting open nesting birds like northern cardinals is a lot more challenging compared to cavity nesting birds like bluebirds and chickadees, there are some things that are within our control. And as responsible backyard bird hosts, we should apply a lot of these best practices in order to better conserve our native songbirds and native wildlife in general.

--MOTION CAPTURE CAMERAS--
We are a huge advocate of motion capture cameras, especially for watching bird nests. Our favorite is the Blink Outdoor camera from Amazon*
https://amzn.to/3VLRxnf *

These cameras usually go on sale quite a bit. They are extremely affordable, waterproof, have a decent battery life, very user friendly, and can be moved around all over.

We have a playlist with nest box installation tutorials and other information:
   • Gabled Side-Opening Nest Box Blink Motion ...  


--EXTRA RESOURCES--

Nest Watch's Nest Monitoring Protocol
https://nestwatch.org/learn/how-to-ne...

Create a Nest Watch Account to record your own data and contribute to important citizen science efforts:

https://secure.birds.cornell.edu/cass...

Learn more about cardinal nesting here:
   • Cardinal Nesting, Breeding and Baby Facts ...  

Learn how to attract cardinals to your yard here:
   • REALLY Attract Cardinals: Create an Irresi...  


Browse other cardinal related videos on our growing playlist:
   • Male Cardinals - 10 Interesting Facts You ...  


--BLUEBIRD EDUCATIONAL COLORING BOOK --
We have spent a year putting together an educational coloring book on hosting bluebirds. There are 40 illustrations and 40 pages of information. Each illustration pertains to an important topic. Learn all about what kind of feeders to use, the difference between types of housing, what predator guards to use, important threats, and so much more. Have fun coloring while you read along.

https://nesthollow.com/hosting-bluebi...


---NEST HOLLOW--
Nest Hollow is dedicated to teaching people about proper songbird management in order to better conserve our native birds. Often, it is misinformation or a lack of knowledge that creates more problems for our songbirds. We aim to use different media in order to engage and educate.


--PHOTOGRAPHY--
Nearly all photography and video was recorded by Nest Hollow.



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