Posted by D.R.Orwick on March 25, 2004 at 20:52:25:
In Reply to: Nest Box surprise! posted by Felipe G. on March 21, 2004 at 19:16:17:
: Heyy birders! Today was a very active day for my nest boxes. Two of my nest boxes was inspected by 2 pairs of red-bellied woodpeckers. But I had a great surprise around 4 PM, after I came back from a bike ride from my house to key biscayne(23 total miles). Well I was checking one of my nest boxes and I didin'y see a red-bellied, starling, but an Eastern Screech Owl rufous morph. I was in awww. I wasen't expecting at all to have an owl in one of my woodpecker nest boxes. It might have been one of the owls I saw yesterday which were close to the nest box. It was eigther roosting or mating with another owl. I'll post a pic tommorow. Great birding!
Hey talk about surprises, I built a woodpecker box and tried to keep the stalings out and a grey squirel moved in. I saw her carrying in nesting material so I let her do her business. Well that was 6 litters ago, and she is affectionly named "Bobbie" some cat almost got her and left her with only half a tail. She just had her 6th litter last month. They need a place too.