Charlie Bombaci , who is on this list , is the guru of prothonotary boxes!!!!! Charlie, where are youuuuuuu? manon vanschoyck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Faulkner" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:03 PM Subject: [Ohio-birds] Prothonotary nest boxes > Fellow birders, > Just got back from a beautiful walk in the snow covered woods. It was > still snowing quite hard, and saw virtually no birds. They all stayed > back > at the feeders. Ended up at the recently improved beaver dam than now > keeps about 5 to 10 more acres flooded for most of the year. These > thoughtful animals have created a near perfect habitat for Prothonotary > warblers, not unlike area M above Hoover Dam. It is my intention to make > it > even more perfect by putting up a dozen or so nest boxes. I have already > found the correct dimensions on line, and am about to begin a search for > more helpful info as soon as I hang up here. It occured to me that there > are among you those that could point me in the right direction, and > perhaps > give me some general advice based on your own experience. One of you might > even be named Charlie. > > Given the excellent habitat we have here, I fully expect this project > to work, and we should have nesting Prothonotaries within a year or so. > Will keep you "posted". > > > Joe Faulkner > Perry County, Ohio > DeLorme 69,B,7 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]