Woodpecker & Gray Squirrels visit in the day time.
Before noon on Jan 1, 2003, a Red-bellied Woodpecker ripped out some of the nesting material.
The photo shows a part of it. If the nest was larger and more Flying Squirrels were in it,
the Woodpecker would have been able to reach more of the nest and possibly the Flying Squirrels.
I did not know this until I saw these automatic photos.
On Jan 4, 2003, I extended the entrance depth over 2" to shorten this bird's reach.
This could enable more of the furry occupants to safely live in it.
The Woodpecker also damaged the box over time by pecking a 1/4"x3/8" depression by the entrance.
The entrance cannot be enlarged naturally because it has a 1 1/2" steel Bluebird portal on it.
I bought the portal at The Wild Bird Center.
2 Gray Squirrels also visited the box but just sniffed the area
where Flying Squirrels hold onto the most.
Bluebirds sometimes land on the roof or look in the box.
A Brown Creeper climbs the bark near the box daily. (new camera)
Emerging from the box. The smooth sides of this cedar Bluebird box are
on the exterior. I don't know how they can cling to it without falling.
In addition to the entrance, the front has some joints they can grab but the left & right sides do not.
My guess is that they reach up and grab one of the vent holes just under the roof.
On Jan 4, 2003 I roughened the exterior sides so they can climb the box safely and easy.
(new camera)
Bottom view of external/internal cameras. You can only see the roof of the external one
because there it is in a dark shadow. The rust-colored box above it was its previous location.
Something pulled out some of the plastic bag inside of it.
Bottom view of external/internal cameras.
The post for the external camera is somewhat of an eye sore for the neighbors.
I'm going to come up with
of a less conspicuous solution in the near future.