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Around these parts, he’s known to spin a yarn that wraps around the block. Now, Naturalist Jim Anderson and longtime Source Weekly contributor sits down with us to talk about one of his favorite subjects: Birds—and how to help care for them.

Source videographer Darris Hurst met with Anderson at his home—social-distancing-approved style—to walk through the steps for making a good nesting box for pygmy owls.

And in case you missed it, here’s another look at Anderson’s Feb. ’20 story, “Homes for Birds and Bats,” linked here:

See some more of Anderson’s recent stories and instructions for building homes for birds and bats below.

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Building a Nesting Box with Jim Anderson ▶ (with video)

by Jim Anderson and The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 25, 2020

<h1>Building a Nesting Box with Jim Anderson ▶ (with video)</h1> <p class="byline">by Jim Anderson and The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 25, 2020</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">A</span>round these parts, he's known to spin a yarn that wraps around the block. Now, <a href="/bend/natural-world/Category?oid=2124619" target="_blank">Naturalist Jim Anderson</a> and longtime <i>Source Weekly</i> contributor sits down with us to talk about one of his favorite subjects: Birds—and how to help care for them.</p> <p>Source videographer Darris Hurst met with Anderson at his home—social-distancing-approved style—to walk through the steps for making a good nesting box for pygmy owls.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/z2evoBVggiU </div> </figure> <p> <i><b>And in case you missed it, here's another look at Anderson's Feb. '20 story, "Homes for Birds and Bats," linked here:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/bend/homes-for-birds-and-bats/Content?oid=12070607"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/screen_shot_2020-05-25_at_4.03.29_pm.png" alt="" class="wp-image-31118" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">In Case You Missed It: Jim Anderson's story, "Home for Birds and Bats"</figcaption></figure> <p> </b></i> <br /> See some more of Anderson's recent stories and instructions for building homes for birds and bats below. </p> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/outside/building-a-nesting-box-with-jim-anderson-12557542/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=31099&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/outside/building-a-nesting-box-with-jim-anderson-12557542/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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