Terry & Diana's
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PROVIDING SHELTER

This term means actively creating or maintaining vegetation or artificial structures that provide shelter from the weather, nesting and breeding sites or "escape cover" from enemies.

 

NEST BOXES, BAT BOXES
One of my objectives is to attrack blue birds. Nest boxes are placed in areas that may possibly draw in blue birds to breed.
These boxes are designed for blue birds or smaller birds.
I have five of these boxes placed on the property.
No blue birds have used any of these boxes yet.
The only birds that have used these boxes so for are wrens.
I also have hung two small bird (chickadee, titmouse) nest boxes.
This was used by a wren in 2008.
Screech owl box. Has not been used. I think I need to place it higher in the tree.
Another screech owl sized box. Only used by a canyon wren.
Bat box place on the east side of the house. It has been used only few times in the spring.
 
Another bat box
 
BRUSH PILES
We have also placed several brush piles throughout the more open areas of the property.
These are excellent shelter for ground nesting and ground feeding birds and small mammals.