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Hi Billy & All=2C
I've had Downy Woodpeckers use swallow boxes as roosts after the breedi=
ng season so I suppose a Hairy Woodpecker doing the same thing is quite pos=
sible=2C especially if the box is close to a tree line. All the best.
Fritz McEvoy
Sunrise Valley=2C CB
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> Date: Sat=2C 17 Jul 2010 23:29:01 -0300
> Subject: [NatureNS] swallow box mystery
> From: bdigout@seaside.ns.ca
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>=20
> I've had a swallow nesting box in my yard for several years=2C and each
> spring I clean it out to prepare for the new arrivals. This spring I
> noticed the hole had been enlarged. I attributed this to squirrels. I
> removed the box as I didn't want starlings and replaced it with a new box
> with a swallow-size hole. The swallows have been flying since a week or
> so and today I heard hammering. Here was a Hairy woodpecker pounding
> away=2C and the hole is now enlarged again. Could this bird be trying to
> start a nest this late or is it looking for a place to roost? Any
> thoughts?
> Billy
>=20
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