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How to make a wood duck nesting box.wmv
If you have a 10 foot 1X12 piece of rough pine you can easilly make the following duck nesting box.
Part Three of a Three Part Video on How To Build A Burrowing Owl Nest Box
Tiny white ant-like things in my bird’s wood nest box?!?
So today I was doing a full washing of my bird’s cage and all their perches and etc. I opened the nest box and noticed this kind of straight line cut across one of the walls. It was VERY straight and at first I had no idea how it got there. There were like tiny shreds of wood at the floor of the nest too. Then I looked closer and I saw a few (maybe 5, didn’t want to look more cuz they’re so gross) tiny white ant-like bugs crawling around. They weren’t crawling through that straight cut/indentation though…they were just..crawling around…maybe there were more in some kinda tunnel they made inside (I didn’t find a tunnel…don’t want to) but anyways are they termites? They were like 1/3 the size of a regular ant. And they were like white-ish gray-ish in color…so I freaked out and threw out the box. If they are termites, how’d they get there? My birds are always inside…and I don’t have little white termites crawling around my house. Also…since they were inside the wood box should I throw out all the wood perches? I didn’t see ANYTHING crawling around on those but if they ARE termites, would they be in there too?
Do termites do any harm to parakeets? If no, it’s not like I won’t care I’ll still throw everything out (I DO NOT NEGLECT MY PETS) but is there anything I should worry about for the health of my birds?
Thank you.
Thanks to the first three answerers (only ones so far).
Are there any signs that my birds are affected by mites? Like do they have any symptoms or anything?
Where can i find plans to make a wild bird feeder?
I am looking for plans to build a wild bird feeder. I prefer one for a post, made of wood, with a hopper, and 4 sides for the birds to feed from.
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Tagged Bird, bird feeder, birds, feeder, hopper, post, wild bird, wood
Wood Ducks Leave the Nest Box
After approximately a month of incubating eggs, on May 26th, the female Wood Duck left the nest box for a morning break. We noticed one egg hatching at 6:00 am, and many other eggs hatching in the hours afterward. The mother duck endured all the active youngsters exploring the nest box for the next 24 hours. Then, at about 8:45 am the day after the hatching, the mother flew down out of the nest box, and gave a verbal signal for the young to follow. This video shows, in real time, how quickly the young left the nest box. All 15 young left in just over two minutes. One interesting aspect of this is that Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers compete for the same nest boxes, and will lay eggs for each other to incubate. In this case, the brood included 14 young Wood Ducks and one Hooded Merganser. All will be cared for by the Wood Duck mother until ready to go out on their own.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Keet Nest Box Wood (outside Mount)
Keet Nest Box Wood (outside Mount)
8″L x 6 ½”W x 6 ¼”H, solid wood nest box. Indented bottom and double side opening panels for easy cleaning.
List Price: $ 14.88
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How do I heat my small aviary bird box?
I am building a small outside aviary for two pairs of celestial parrotlets that i hope to breed. I will be putting a 2ft x 1ft box in each aviary made from medium ply wood to house a budgie nesting box. Do I need to use a heat lamp aswell ? if so what wattage and is the box large enough so as not to over heat them.