Subject: Nesting boxes - is it too late??
Date: May 10 15:58:18 2002
From: Blake Iverson - coopershwk at hotmail.com


I don't know the breeding habits of chickadees and woodpeckers as well as I
do swallows, but I wouldn't think it would be too late. I put up a nest box
one time in July or something (all I know was that it was very late in the
season) and I attracked a pair of cheasnut-backed chickadees. Either they
were on a second brood, or their first one failed. So, you never know. Go
ahead and try. I would.

Blake Iverson
Arlington, WA
coopershwk at hotmail.com


>From: Scott Orange <sdorange at newgrowthcomm.com>
>Reply-To: sdorange at newgrowthcomm.com
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Nesting boxes - is it too late??
>Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 15:20:43 -0700
>
>Hello Tweeters,
>
>I've been subscribing to this list for several weeks now, and have enjoyed
>the wealth of topics addressed relating to birding. Today's digest with
>crows chasing a pileated, crows killing a bald eagle, and a bald eagle
>killing & eating its own chicks really takes the cake!
>
>Anyway -- I recently got it in my head to build some nesting boxes for our
>backyard, but further research indicates it would have been better to put
>out boxes in early March. Since it's now May, am I likely to get any new
>tenants this season, or is it too late?
>
>Also, which birds do I stand the best chance of attracting? Common
>visitors to our cooler clime in Sammamish include chickadees, juncos,
>nuthatches, jays, robins, creepers, finches, flickers, downy woodpeckers,
>thrushes, and towhees. Our neighborhood is quite shaded with mature trees,
>so we may have a shot at owls.
>
>P.S. - you get bonus points if any of the birds you recommend will eat
>slugs!!! Thanks!
>
>Scott Orange
>Sammamish, WA
>
>




Blake Iverson


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