My “bionic” bluebird box has been further fortified. A longtime friend and reader of this blog gifted me with a box of four portal guards for protecting the box and nesting bluebirds inside.
Guards are metal plates you affix around the entry portal with screws. The guards make a lot of sense. Long before a magpie murdered the female of the nesting pair in my bluebird box, a northern flicked attacked the box. A portal guard would have provided a great deal of protection from the flicker’s assault.
Damage Caused by a Northern
Flicker
Portal Guard in Place
—Mitchell Hegman
NOTE: The bluebirds and I thank you, Diane!
Sweet fathers day gift!😉
ReplyDeleteWhy it shows me unknown😊 hon?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the sweet gesture Ms Diane!