I have a thread catcher next to my chair and try earnestly to put all the thread I snip off into there, be it wool, tatting thread or sewing thread. But inevitably some threads escape and get swept outside. It seems that birds pick them up and incorporate them in their nests! I think it may be Melba Finches, but I wouldn't swear to that. Not all these threads are mine - some of them are from feed sacks that Jack uses and I think I see some dog hair too.
Birds do like threads for their nests, and there is one species which especially likes blue! The Bower Bird, many years ago when we lived in Sydney e local dairy had to change the colour of the milk bottle tops because the birds would steal them and then drink the cream from the top of the milk! This of course, was a very very long time ago, when milk was delivered to your doorstep, and before it became homogenised.
ReplyDeleteWhat a disappointment for the birds when the tops were changed!
DeleteDon’t you just love the idea that all the thread is used up! I sure do.
ReplyDeleteI used to save all my threads for stuffing pin cushions. Somehow, I never got around to making the pin cushions! I think I'd have been better off giving them to the birds.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful !!! It's fun watching birds & squirrels picking out twigs and threads 👀
ReplyDeleteI have read that it’s not a good thing for birds to pick up thread because they can get tangled up in it. But clearly these birds haven’t read the book.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure threads are much softer to sleep in than grass.
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