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Bird House Work FAR Winter Monitoring Plan Information provided by Stew Sanders, December 2005 volunteers sought Call: 617 489-3120 |
proposed monitor activity | imposters | predators | maintenance | structure/repair/location zone # | species by | cleaned | found; record number 1 | nr. 2 |
design and/or use | ||||||||
weekly May-June | blackants | Feb. clean(1,5,6) | ok--------orch south | carolnawren/chcdee | Feb.,04 | moss nest, lined, 3 eggs whole, 1 shell,'03 | start of nest, pine needles and dirt; some chewing around entrance | |
weekly May-June | wasps | Feb. clean(4,6) | ok--------orch north | chickadee | Feb.,04 | 3 tubes of pipe organ wasps, mud dauber | ||
twice a month, April-May | are there plenty of worms | orchard | Robin | |||||
twice a month, May-June | sufficient mud worms | Blair Pond area | Killdeer | |||||
weekly April -June | squirrels | Mar. clean(2,6) add perch | s.e. of beginning of Little River | flicker | Mar.'04 | squirrel nest and squirrel | ||
weekly June | SongSprw | |||||||
occasional, June, listen | Blair Pond area | Am. Toad | ||||||
weekly April - May | squirrel | Dec., clean (1,4,6,7) | C | screech owl | Mar.'04 | animal and bird remains | ||
weekly April - May | squirrel | Dec.,.clean(1,3,4,6,7) | 15, add nail to roof | kestrel | Mar.'04 | slight hollow in shavings, spiders | ||
monthly | October | cut upper face of slope | kingfisher | |||||
warm weather | snakes | |||||||
March and April,twilight | maintain open area | Woodcock | ||||||
early summer | sandy area | Snpng Turtle | ||||||
winter; tracks in snow | add brush on top | orchard, near Wellington Brook | cottontail | |||||
weekly April - June | Nov cleaned (3) | check 4 drain holes Claypit P. | Rough-w Sw | Nov.'03 | ||||
monthly; weekly Apr-Jun | Mar.clean(1) | Jul clean-Perch P | screech owl | Mar.'04 | leaves like squirrel's work | |||
Mar. put up in zone 18 | choose site and put up, double | Tree Swallw | ||||||
Mar., put up in zone 3 | choose site and put up, double | Tree Swallw | ||||||
mouse | C double northeast | mouse | ||||||
weekly June | 12/15 cleaned | C double southwest | Bluebird | Dec., '05 | 12/5 dead skeletal remains, nest material | |||
weekly June | house sp | Feb. clean (1) | modified Blair P. | Tree Swallw | Feb.,04 | House Sparrow nest; reduced hole size | ||
weekly June | Mar. put up in zone 18 | choose site and put up, double | Tree Swallw | |||||
weekly June | Mar. put up in zone 18 | choose site and put up, double | Tree Swallw | |||||
gourds hanging, Wyeth property | P. Martins | |||||||
twice in May | squirrels | Mar.open (1) | add entrance shield,trim branches | wood duck | Mar.,'04 | 3 squirrels, one bob-tailed in nest | ||
summer, 2007 | river otter | |||||||
notes | (1) requires | stepladder, brush cutters | electric screwdriver | wrench set | small wrench | |||
(2) requires 2 people | full length ladder | 1/4" wrench | ||||||
(3) requires 2 people | rubber boots | |||||||
(4) requires 2 people | brush cutters, sickle | |||||||
(5) requires 2 people | phillips head screwdriver | smallwrench | ||||||
all require | putty knife, brush, mask, | |||||||
(6) require | fresh wood shavings,not cedar | |||||||
(7) requires | mirror and flashlight |