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[Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>]

Deeper boxes along with hole extensioners to make it a
harder reach for predators.  If deeper boxes are not
an option you can remove some of the material at the
base of the nest about a week into incubation, which
effectively increases the distance from the entrance
hole in the box to the top of the nest.

Michael

--- Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Speaking of critters, anyone have a good remedy for
> keeping cats & raccoons away from bluebird nests
> that are mounted on a cedar post?
> 
> I've seen baffles for iron posts, but this house is
> already up & the neighbor's cat killed all the
> nestlings last year.  If I can protect what is
> already there, that is my first preference.
> 
> Anton
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
> >Sent: Feb 11, 2007 3:00 PM
> >To: North American Fruit Explorers
> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Critter solutions - small
> critters
> >
> >
> >> Crap on the sidewalks!  I bet that's a dog, not a
> cat.
> >
> >It seems that these cats don't want to squat in the
> snow (not that I 
> >blame them). When only the sidewalks are clear,
> that's where they do it. 
> >The rest of the year, yeah, it's the garden or
> somewhere in the backyard 
> >(right under my foot, usually).
> >
> >> They sound like stray cats, though, if they are
> yowling (probably un-neutered) and tearing open
> garbage bags (probably unfed).
> >>   
> >
> >Could be. Most of them I see have collars, though.
> >
> >Hmm,... I suppose this is getting a bit off-topic.
> Sorry about that!
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >-- 
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> >were good at the time. For every age has consisted
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Michael Dossett
Corvallis, Oregon
www.Mdossettphoto.com
phainopepla@yahoo.com


 
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