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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01CD06D7.1C403E40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This evening I paid a quick visit to an Owl nest box I put up in 2011 = and found it occupied by a Raccoon. I now have to figure out how to = evict him. I=E2=80=99m sure someone here has run into this problem = before. The tree trunk could be wrapped with sheet metal to prevent = climbing but I suspect they would gain access using the neighbouring = trees. Is there another method or should I look for a tree that is = isolated enough for sheet metal to work? I don=E2=80=99t think I have = ever heard this mentioned in relation to Owl boxes but I wonder if all = such boxes should be protected to prevent possible predation by = Raccoons.=20 Kevin Lantz ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01CD06D7.1C403E40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us; = mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-us; = mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"=20 lang=3DEN-US>This evening I paid a quick visit to an Owl nest box I put = up in 2011=20 and found it occupied by a Raccoon. I now have to figure out how to = evict him.=20 I=E2=80=99m sure someone here has run into this problem before. The tree = trunk could be=20 wrapped with sheet metal to prevent climbing but I suspect they would = gain=20 access using the </SPAN><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-ca; = mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-us; = mso-bidi-language: ar-sa">neighbouring</SPAN><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us; = mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-us; = mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"=20 lang=3DEN-US> trees. Is there another method or should I look for a tree = that is=20 isolated enough for sheet metal to work? I don=E2=80=99t think I have = ever heard this=20 mentioned in relation to Owl boxes but I wonder if all such boxes should = be=20 protected to prevent possible predation by Raccoons. = </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us; = mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-us; = mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"=20 lang=3DEN-US></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us; = mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: en-us; = mso-bidi-language: ar-sa"=20 lang=3DEN-US>Kevin Lantz</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01CD06D7.1C403E40--
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