In February 2008, Erik Amati, a biologist from the Massachusetts pision of Fisheries and Wildlife’s Northeast District in Acton, provided a simple plywood nest box to increase the chicks’ odds of ...

Nest boxes were another important factor. According to Huang, "they provide a similar structure to the holes in trees a wood ...

He was relieved when the work finally started: clearing away old nests, airing the wooden duck huts and nesting boxes which ...

The wood duck and blue bird houses are made by members ... So people can find MVDH structures on numerous private farm ponds as well. The nesting boxes make it convenient for the waterfowl ...

By providing boxes with a range of opening sizes, you'll create potential homes for a variety of species. Larger birds may evict smaller species if they can get in. Rats and weasels can chew through ...

Using nest boxes built by the grantee, the Virginia Youth Wood Duck Conservation Initiative (VYWDCI) is a high school student-led, citizen science wood duck nest box monitoring program that will be ...

Be observant and you may see evidence of porcupine and beaver. Also look for wood duck nesting boxes attached to trees and for bluebird boxes on fence posts. About a third of a mile down the trail ...

Plus, we also reveal the bird boxes we don't recommend. The best materials for bird nest boxes are harder types of wood, such as cedar, oak or beech, at least 15mm thick, or woodcrete (a waterproof ...

is investigating wood duck reproductive success and brood ecology from artificial nest boxes in the Delmarva Peninsula. This project will help to develop best practices for nest box placement and ...

I returned to the main trail that skirted the southern bank of the pond and noted a wood duck nesting box in the shallow, stagnant end of the pond clouded with green algae. Other ducks that use ...

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