Last Tuesday, Wally, Jim, Kurt, and I worked with Lincoln County Parks Operations Supervisor Kelly Perry and her volunteers to build Tree Swallow nest boxes. The idea was to show the volunteers how we build them and get them started making 50 boxes to be placed in Lincoln County Parks. We worked at Moonshine Park up near Logsden. The event was a success, and their volunteers went on to finish the 50 boxes that afternoon. Wally had worked out the details with Kelly and had installed a number of trial boxes last year with her. Those boxes all had double clutches of eggs. Kelly, also a birder, was eager to get more boxes to attract Tree and Violet-green swallows to reduce the large number of mosquitos in some of the parks.
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All the participants, (except Kelly who took the picture).
I brought my saw and did most of the cutting of pieces for the 50 boxes.
Boring the entry and feeding holes.
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