{"id":7177,"date":"2011-03-04T09:57:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T09:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7177"},"modified":"2011-03-04T13:53:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T13:53:06","slug":"nesting-material-for-the-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/03\/nesting-material-for-the-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nesting Material for the Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With nesting time for \u00a0the birds fast approaching and our big fat furry cat malting all over the house we&#8217;ve been collecting her fur and plan on putting it out for the birds to use as nesting material.<\/p>\n<p>It may not be much but it all helps and any time or energy the birds can save by using material that we&#8217;ve put out for them the better. We cut Morgan&#8217;s hair the other day as well so that will probably go out for them as well. 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