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Want owls in your yard? Build an owl box. Here's how and where to put it

Want to have an owl nest in your backyard? It's time to start to thinking about building a nesting box for your backyard. Surprisingly, winter is the best time to put up an owl nesting box. You could ...
The Spokesman-Review

Is your backyard birdhouse a death trap? How to give birds safe shelter

I wanted to build a first-class home. Small enough to be cozy, but big enough to raise a family. I needed an ideal location, near a wooded area, with a natural supermarket nearby. And the design ...
Star Tribune

Backyard nest boxes give you a front-row seat on birds raising their young

Feeders, water and birdhouses are three good ways to bring birds to your yard. The latter offers pleasures the former do not. Birds that nest in houses or boxes are obligate cavity nesters: obligated ...
13abc

Build, sponsor a nest box to help squirrels at Nature’s Nursery this winter

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Nature’s Nursery has teamed up with Inspired Lumber Workshop in Toledo to offer the public the chance to build and sponsor a nest box to help out squirrels this coming winter.
Daily Herald

Safe shelter or death trap? How to give backyard birds a better chance at survival

I wanted to build a first-class home. Small enough to be cozy, but big enough to raise a family. I needed an ideal location, near a wooded area, with a natural supermarket nearby. And the design ...
WKRG

These wooden boxes along the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta help ducks nest safely

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Just minutes from Downtown Mobile, you can be in a different world. The Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is a unique ecosystem, home to many local wildlife and recreation. WKRG News 5’s ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Something Wild: Saving kestrels one nest box at a time

The American Kestrel, a tiny, colorful raptor, is declining in the state, and the Harris Center for Conservation Education is ...