#2 How Does My Garden Grow? With Rainbows.

I use a lot of brown twine in my garden.  When the leaves fell last autumn and bared the empty birds' nests, I was surprised to find snippets of that twine interwoven into most of the nests in my yard.

Corn feeder.

I often walk the culs-de-sac in my neighborhood, and during the winter months, I see many abandoned birds' nests. A plan emerged. This spring I purchased multi-colored yarn and decided to have it available during nesting season. I cut the yarn into small lengths and looked for something to house the pieces.  In the garage, I found several empty green cages--some for squirrel corn and some for bird suet;  they are perfect for housing the pieces of yarn.  The corn feeders appear to work better.

Suet feeder.

I'm hoping that next winter, I'll be able to spot this yarn in many abandoned nests.  If I find any multi-colored nests next winter, I'll update with photos.

After a few visits.

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On Spring Nests:

Keramos by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

As bits of colored thread are caught

And woven into nests of birds

On Winter Nests:

Seasons by Christina Rossetti

Empty nests show black and grim