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Recycle Your Eggshells to Help Nesting Birds

Recycle Your Eggshells to Help Nesting Birds

Update: 2025-04-19
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Female birds need to eat calcium to have enough of the mineral to lay their eggs. But it can be hard to find enough of it to eat in nature. We can help our backyard birds by offering them some extra calcium in bird feeders and by recycling our used egg shells.

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Recycle Your Eggshells to Help Nesting Birds

Recycle Your Eggshells to Help Nesting Birds

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