Inuksuk Orchards in ΑπΑ§ΙρΙη is building a bird condo, and itβs hoping the community will get involved.
βIβve been dreaming about this for a couple of years to put this together,β orchard co-owner Jetta Williams told the Capital News.
Williams is building a βcondoβ of connected ladders that hold up colourful birdhouses. She hopes it will create a safe home for the birds while saving the berries and the apples from the orchard for visitors.
Inuksuk Orchards looks after the birds by feeding them and giving them water. Now, Williams is trying to encourage the birds to migrate from the orchard to the bird condo.
Every year, Williams finds around 20 bird nests inside her orchard trees. When she sprays the trees, she worries it might harm the birds. Now sheβs asking the community to partake in her solution of creating a bird condo.
The orchard asks anyone with extra birdhouses will drop them off for her to add to the project. Her goal is to fill the ladders with at least 40 to 50 birdhouses.
βWeβll put it on the ladders and they can drive by and see their birdhouse,β Williams added. βHopefully, next spring weβll start to see the birds in them.β
Williams wants to make it a community project, with pathways and benches for people in ΑπΑ§ΙρΙη to stop by and enjoy.
ββ¦Fill it right to the top. Thatβs my plan, just full of colour,β said Williams. βAnd then the birds will just be out here singing all the time.β
Anyone interested in donating a birdhouse can text or call Jetta Williams at 250-826-8044.
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