Hello again, I have really appreciated the responses I have gotten to questions thus far so - thank you.
Our boy was released June 7. He is living in my neighbors trees and is doing well. I put nuts out in one spot of the yard each morning between 7 and 8 am. Most mornings no one is there but I check back and he is there as well as others. I see him chasing the others so I now put peanuts on opposite ends of the garden so they can each eat.

He still comes towards me when I go out, but I understand this is because I feed him. I hate to stop feeding him but wonder if I am doing him harm by continuing to feed. I do like the fact that he will take the nuts and bury them - it gives me hope some of his instincts are intact and that he really will make it.

My question and I hope not too early is that he is probably living in some abandoned nests in the neighbors yard. Do you think they know how to build a nest instinctually? When I had him in his cage, he stayed in a parakeet nesting box at night once he got use to it.. He would take some leaves and sticks into the box, but for the most part he lived in the winter hat on the bottom of his cage since it was what he arrived in when someone found him on a construction site.

I am beginning to wonder what he will do when the weather turns cooler. Will he know how to build a home? Or should I provide the bird houses on the trees for him- with the risk someone else may move in? I bought a cockatiel nesting box because it is bigger and can put that up if you think that is a good idea.

So can someone please advise on providing additional housing for him and give advice on whether I should continue to feed. My daughter was out of town for 10 days and I had no verbal contact with him for 10 days and he is still here so I think we are his home for now until he decides to move on- which is ok with me.