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[Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>]

Don,

Thanks.  I'll give that a try.  

It is a free-standing cedar post & the proposed solution sounds pretty easy 
to implement.

Best regards,

Anton

-----Original Message-----
>From: Don Yellman <don.yellman@webformation.com>
>Sent: Feb 12, 2007 12:36 AM
>To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [NAFEX] Saving Baby Bluebirds
>
>Anton:
>
>I have bluebird houses mounted on 4x4 posts out in the yard, and had the 
>same problem you have with cats.  When the little birds hatch out and begin 
>peeping it drives the cats to unusual extremes, and we lost several batches 
>of nestlings before I found a solution.
>
>That was to purchase a couple sections of plastic guttering material, which 
>snapped around the post so firmly it was not even necessary to nail it, 
>although it could be nailed if desired.  The cats' little claws can no 
>longer gain purchase to climb the posts, and they soon gave up entirely.
>
>This solution would not work as well for a post that is part of a fence, but 
>is rather for freestanding posts.
>
>Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA 
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