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Janet Millenson

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Janet Millenson

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Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:55:10 -0500

Well, Rick, I'll tell you my secret for attracting screech owls and other 
good birds. First, have massive winds inflict severe damage on lots of trees 
in your yard on several memorable occasions. Then, if a tree is merely 
smashed but not uprooted, leave it as a 15- to 20-foot stub rather than 
cutting it down completely. Next, wait a few years as these damaged trunks 
decay and crumble (helped along by woodpeckers and squirrels), and voila! 
You've now got many excellent nesting and roosting sites -- until the tree 
collapses completely or your neighbors complain.

Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Sussman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Yard owl


|
| In a message dated 11/14/2008 2:12:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
|  writes:
|
| Last  year (?) the owl was only seen on a handful of days.
|
| Janet  Millenson
|
|
|
| "Only" seen on a handful of days! Last year I spent the best part of a day
| building a nice pine screech owl box. Spent the better part of an 
afternoon
| literally hauling it about 15 feet up our red oak tree by rope and 
carabiner
| (and at my age and weight, no mean feat!). Then, with my one leg wrapped
| precariously around the trunk, struggled to get it mounted to the trees' 
main
| trunk. Have I once seen a screech owl there? Nope, just a nice noisy, 
dirty  flock
| of those visitors from Europe, who moved in right away, thought they'd 
died
| and gone to starling heaven I suppose.
|
| Enjoy your owl Janet, even for just those few days!
|
| Rick Sussman
| Woodbine, MD
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