This was part 1: Repairs: sympathetic restoration or an honest repair? The reason for the replacement was Momma Bear and Two Cubs!
I'm down to two wood duck nest boxes, but we only had two ducks nesting last spring. It is the one on the left that I decided to move from the frog pond to the back 40 and the wetland.
This is box Bob repaired for me. The front had to be replaced as water was leaking in. It was a Mother's Day gift in 2016 from the kids. The problem with the boxes is that they are really heavy with the barn board. It's tough for someone, alone, to put them up. Plus, I'm not that tall, either!
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I had an assistant!
Over the years, the new wood has faded, and it looks a little more camouflaged.
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This is how it looked one spring, with a female wood duck in the box one spring.
I went back on Thursday, with Cinnamon's help, and put on another set of baffles, just to be safe.
Here is the back 40, looking out over the wetland.
Thursday, Nov. 16th Cinnamon helped me attach the baffle to the wood duck nest box. OK, maybe he was just moral support. He likes his walkies to the back 40. I lost him, and found him up a tree.
It was a lovely day, and went up to 15 C., I worked in my t-shirt.
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15 comments:
Great to see Cinnamon doing cat things...very good at coming down tree! As well as helping Mom put up that duck box. So neat you got a shot of mamma duck once in a box. I have to think how tough it might be to fly up there and squeeze into it. Obviously she knows how!
...another job well done.
Oh, mama duck in her box. And Cinnamon's cat moves are perfection! *I just found your blog, what amazing land you have.
The duck in the box is a lovely sight!
Kudos to you for successfully putting up the box! You look ecstatic about it.
It was fun to see the duck using the box! Aloha!
How wonderful that you give them a safe place to nest.
As far as I know, the only bird to use our Wood Duck box has been the Eastern Screech Owl. He/she does not use it to nest; only to rest out of the cold.
This is the right time of year to fix nest boxes.
Hope to see them being used next year.
Hope to see them being used next year.
You guys are the BEST Mother Nature's helpers. Have a wonderful week, Jenn.
It's wonderful to see the nest boxes in use. I look forward to seeing one in use in its new location.
Love the picture of the hen with her head out of the box! We do not have any wood ducks in our area, or ducks at all really.
I had no idea ducks went in boxes. But there is a box in the ditch and now I wonder if that's what it is for.
A lot of work!
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