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20 - Friday, April 22; 1994 = North’ Shore News’

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Consider

birds’

“needs for r house

“UNLIKE SHOVELS and
toothpicks, bird houses as a

product require directions for.

use as they are much more
complex than the above,” So
says a 15-year bird watcher.
Entrance hole and cavity size is
extremely ‘important in attracting

However, what is equally
~ important is the location or envi-

“ronment.in which the nest cavity is

installed,

“With 86 different species in
North America potentially using
artificial nest cavities, the proper
tocation' to ‘install the cavity when
* purchasing or building one is a key
to success,

_.The main reason for putting up
artificial nest cavities, other than

‘-£ the fact that birds eat a tremendous :
amount of spiders, beetles, mos- .

quitoes and other flying insects, is
- that there is a severe lack of nattit-
‘val Testing habitat. ,

‘Over timé many. of our fields
and roadsides have been. cleaned

up much of the old'dead wood
‘which many. of: these: birds’ used to

‘ ‘nest in.

“Golf ‘courses “have 10 ‘remove

‘most of the dead. wood as it is |

‘-unsteady-and dangerous to: the
“public. They then dig holes and fill

pthem up with water, bringing | back
many flying insects... °. .
we: When artificial cavities are.
. installed, the birds return. A fami-: :
aly. ‘of birds may. eat several thou-:
“sand insects a day, which, in turn,
= amounts to thousands less to both- :

66 Over time many
of our fields and
‘roadsides have been
cleaned up of much
of the old dead
wood which many
of these birds used

-to.nest in.9F —

er the golfers. °

There’is a large: discrepanéy’

between what is currently being
offered for sale to the public and

what a cavity nesting species .

requires.
Chances are if the consumer
thinks a nest box is. cute, the bird

‘won't like it,

‘Watch’ out for artificial nest
cavities which are: painted, made
with less than half-inch wood (or
have no wood at all), have 4 rest
peg out side the hole (cavity nest-
ing species don't require one, a
rest peg encourages House
Sparrows and Starlings, non-native

“aggressive birds) and have an

entrance hole‘over 14? (do not

installa nest'box with an opening’
“over 1%" in an urban environ-

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