I know this is a late reply, but I hope someone will still read this!

First off, I too thank you for posting things like these. It's very informative and helpful.

The first myth you posted (bout touching the birds) was especially good to hear because I've always belived that! I'm glad I know the truth now!

Now to my actual question... There has been two birds that have been in my garden alot. I don't know what the species is called in english (I'll try looking it up if anyone wants to know). Two of the same breed or perhaps even the same breed were here last year as well. They fly in and out of the big hedge we have in front and sometimes they have little pieces of wood and stuff so it seems as if they are buliding a nest. They did this last year as well but I never saw any baby birds... So are they really having babies in there although I don't see any? I was also thinking, I have a persian cat and when I comb him there is a lot of fluffy soft fur over... If I laid that out on the grass infront of the hedge, would the birds use that for their nest as a soft little touch? Or would it perhaps scare them cause it would smell like a cat?

Oki doki, that's all the questions I had!