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Unread 12-26-2016, 05:53 PM   #4
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Thank you, Edgar. My father put a lot of work into building that Martin house. Unfortunately, it has never attracted a Martin colony and probably never will -- too many trees in too close proximity.

I built the Woodduck box and it, too; hasn't attracted what it was intended for. This past year a pair of squirrels raised 3 little ones in it. That entire family of 5 squirrels are now making it their winter abode. Despite the galvanized stove pipe on the post they gain access to the box from the apple tree. I tried cutting back the apple tree -- making it about a 5 foot leap to the box, but they still come and go as if there's no deterrent.
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