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Smoking may be bad for your health, but those cigarette butts have some good use for wildlife! Brian Klaus of Nothing Else Better To Do Than Read This Blog got a big surprise when he saw what the birds did to his 2/5 cigarette butts filled trash can on the patio, they made a nest inside of it!!

Today is my son Gabriel’s 7th birthday. He was out in the back yard playing with his friends and dinner time was approaching. Since it was his birthday I needed to ask him what he wanted to eat so he could choose his favorite. (He chose mac and cheese) I was in the bedroom at the time and we have a small upstairs patio that you can access thru a door from the bedroom. I opened the door and went onto the patio to ask Gabriel what he wanted. I haven’t been out on this patio since I quit smoking (I would never smoke in the house). I guess I prefer my patio on the ground.

Now here’s the embarrassing part. I used to dump my ash tray into a trash can that was on the patio. I guess since I haven’t been on the patio in so long I’ve forgotten to empty the trash can which is filled about 2/5’s of the way up with cigarette butts. Pretty gross, I know. I’m a slob, I admit it.

Just as I was about to shout down to Gabriel I noticed the trash can and a bird that made it’s nest inside of it!! I can’t tell if there’s eggs in the nest of butts and twigs that the bird had made for itself, but I don’t have the heart to chase the bird away.

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