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Kelowna orchardist erects 91Ƶbird condo91Ƶ 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 it91Ƶs hoping the community will get involved.

91ƵI91Ƶve been dreaming about this for a couple of years to put this together,91Ƶ orchard co-owner Jetta Williams told the Capital News.

Williams is building a 91Ƶcondo91Ƶ 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 she91Ƶs 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.

91ƵWe91Ƶll put it on the ladders and they can drive by and see their birdhouse,91Ƶ Williams added. 91ƵHopefully, next spring we91Ƶll start to see the birds in them.91Ƶ

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

91Ƶ91ƵFill it right to the top. That91Ƶs my plan, just full of colour,91Ƶ said Williams. 91ƵAnd then the birds will just be out here singing all the time.91Ƶ

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

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