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Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
In the last couple months I've hung 3 squirrel boxes and 2 screech owl boxes. The squirrel boxes are for a customer's backyard entertainment in a semi-urban neighborhood. They put out a lot of quality food for "their squirrels" and wanted to complete the picture with free housing. The local hawks are appreciative I'm sure.
The screech boxes are in more rural suburbia, the property owners want to have the chance to see screech owls nesting on their properties. At the very least screech owls can use them for roosting throughout the year even if they don't nest in them in early spring. Many other local creatures will take advantage of them at different times even if the screech don't.
I'd rather optimize habitat snags and do when the opportunity comes up.
-AJ
The screech boxes are in more rural suburbia, the property owners want to have the chance to see screech owls nesting on their properties. At the very least screech owls can use them for roosting throughout the year even if they don't nest in them in early spring. Many other local creatures will take advantage of them at different times even if the screech don't.
I'd rather optimize habitat snags and do when the opportunity comes up.
-AJ
