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Flying Squirrel house #1 |
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4/20/2003:
Nuthatch birds lay eggs in box #1.
Flying Squirrel house #1, 40" tall, 10' high.
Here are the plans...
1/9/2004: Updated plans available (updated 3/16/2004)
Image 2, left side: Close-up of the 3 chambered snake-resistant Flying Squirrel house.
There are 2 entrances and each nesting chamber is connected. If a snake enters the house from one entrance then the
squirrels can escape through the other entrance by climbing through the connected chambers. In the summer while in their homes, snakes are
the Flying Squirrels' number 1 predator. This house can hold up to 15 occupants and can contain 3 nests.
Image 2, right side: Full view from the northeast of the Flying Squirrel house. Their houses should be a minimum of
11 1/2 feet off of the ground. The bottom entrance to this is 11 feet off of the ground.
I placed the house in this tree and got the idea to build one in the first place because I saw one of these squirrels glide through
the air one night after it leaped from near the top of this tree.
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4/17/02 - Flying Squirrels now using house #1: Checked it in the Fall of 2001. No contents except a few sunflower and acorn shells.
It was checked again on 4/17/02
and each chamber had nesting material. It was fine soft string-like strips of bark. The bottom chamber
had a complete nest. It looked like a bird nest but with a smaller inside cup. The middle chamber just had
about 1/2" worth or nesting material, and the top chamber also had about 1/2".
I did not see any squirrels in it and I was afraid to look close or lift the nests for fear of one
jumping on me. In the bottom nest there were walnuts and walnut shells. The top and
especially the middle chamber had lots of urine in them.
The middle chamber also had lots of droppings.
It stained almost 1/3 of the middle and bottom chamber walls black.
The entire box had a very strong smell that was similar to that of a smoked cork bulletin board.
At the time I wasn't sure whether to clean it or leave it alone but later that summer
I washed it clean with a garden hose. On that day, a new nest was on top of the old one.
On Dec 21, 2002, all 3 floors
had lots of nut shells on them as shown in the below, left photo of a floor.
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| Started: Feb 7, 2002. Last updated: 3/16/2004 | |