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Kelowna orchardist erects 㽶Ƶֱbird condo㽶Ƶֱ to save fruit

Inuksuk Orchards is creating a condo of birdhouses, and it wants the community to get involved

Inuksuk Orchards in Kelowna is building a bird condo, and it㽶Ƶֱs hoping the community will get involved.

㽶ƵֱI㽶Ƶֱve been dreaming about this for a couple of years to put this together,㽶Ƶֱ orchard co-owner Jetta Williams told the Capital News.

Williams is building a 㽶Ƶֱcondo㽶Ƶֱ 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 she㽶Ƶֱs 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.

㽶ƵֱWe㽶Ƶֱll put it on the ladders and they can drive by and see their birdhouse,㽶Ƶֱ Williams added. 㽶ƵֱHopefully, next spring we㽶Ƶֱll start to see the birds in them.㽶Ƶֱ

Williams wants to make it a community project, with pathways and benches for people in Kelowna to stop by and enjoy.

㽶Ƶֱ㽶ƵֱFill it right to the top. That㽶Ƶֱs my plan, just full of colour,㽶Ƶֱ said Williams. 㽶ƵֱAnd then the birds will just be out here singing all the time.㽶Ƶֱ

Anyone interested in donating a birdhouse can text or call Jetta Williams at 250-826-8044.

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