Friends of Alewife Reservation (FAR)
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Alewife Reservation Birdhouse (Nesting Box) Monitoring To volunteer please contact Mark Kirk, 617 489-7717. Information provided by Mark Kirk and Stew Sanders, January 2003. The nesting box map shows the location of some of the birdhouses and has links to more information on the birds. For printing the information below (minus the links to the nesting box map), we suggest using either of these versions: Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word. (To read the Adobe Acrobat file, you need the Adobe Acrobat reader, available free at www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html) |
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Species |
Location |
Activity |
Imposters |
Predators |
Maintenance |
Structure |
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bluebird |
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Crested flycatcher |
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May-June |
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Carolina wren |
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weekly May-July |
April |
May-June |
fall clean |
ok |
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chickadee |
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monthly + weekly May-June |
April |
May-June |
fall clean |
ok |
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Downy woodpecker |
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flicker |
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weekly April-July |
February |
April-July |
fall clean |
ok; may need tin hole ring |
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House Wren |
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weekly May-July |
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May-July |
clean now |
is house still there? |
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House Wren |
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weekly May-July |
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May-July |
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complete house and hang |
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kestrel |
On pole in marsh on NE corner of Minuteman path & Route 2 overpass |
weekly April-July |
2 times a year |
monthly |
December clean |
add 2 braces |
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kestrel |
On pole on north side of Perch Pond |
weekly April-July |
2 times a year |
monthly |
December clean |
add 2 braces |
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kingfisher |
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Meadow vole |
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winter; tracks in snow |
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mouse |
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winter; tracks in snow |
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muskrat |
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nuthatch |
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phoebe |
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Apr.-Aug. |
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repair shelter and put up |
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rabbit |
Pile of wood debris in Hill Estates "Orchard" |
winter; tracks in snow |
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Once a season |
Check for excessive deterioration & overgrowth |
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robin |
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May-July |
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repair shelter and put up |
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Rough-winged swallow |
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Screech owl |
On tree, Hill Estates side of Perch Pond |
monthly; weekly April-June |
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snake |
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winter; tracks in snow |
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Tree swallow |
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April-June |
April-June |
March-June |
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put house up; add 4 braces |
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Tree swallow |
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April-June |
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Tree swallow |
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April-June |
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titmouse |
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wood duck |
On pole, Hill Estates side of Perch Pond |
weekly April-June |
April-June |
March-June |
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possibly add baffle,cut branches |