It has been a 3 year dry spell but thank the Lord they're back this year. One pair seems pretty well established and it appears another pair is trying to imprint on my sight. As some of you may remember my struggling situation with hawks and black snakes....14 years to get them the first time, then colony built to a total of 11 pair one year just to be reduced to 8 pair, 5 pair, 3 pair before 0 for 3 years. Even though I thought my 36" cone shape guard was sufficient the last year I have now came up with this 36" X 8 inch sewer pipe that is mounted to swing from the pole and an arrangement that includes bird netting cone shaped wrapped around. The top of the sewer pipe is fitted with a wooden disc with multiple 3/8" holes to give any potential climbing snake the appearance of being open at the top.
Please give your opinions if you think this will be sufficient to keep the snakes away. All comments and/or suggestions will be appreciated
Martin Colony History: 2009-2015-Helped to manage Raleigh site, 36 cavities 2016- 33 pairs at Raleigh site, 1 pair at home site. 2017- 34 pairs at Raleigh site, 3 pairs + extra SYs at home site 2018- 33 pairs at Raleigh site, 5 pairs + extra SYs at home site 2019 - 32 pairs at Raleigh site, 7 pairs at home site, 2 pairs at new Holly Springs park site
I am trying to include photo of snake guard but cannot make it happen. Clicking on attachment indicates downloading but photo does not show up. What steps am I missing?
Martin Colony History: 2009-2015-Helped to manage Raleigh site, 36 cavities 2016- 33 pairs at Raleigh site, 1 pair at home site. 2017- 34 pairs at Raleigh site, 3 pairs + extra SYs at home site 2018- 33 pairs at Raleigh site, 5 pairs + extra SYs at home site 2019 - 32 pairs at Raleigh site, 7 pairs at home site, 2 pairs at new Holly Springs park site
You should be able to right click on the photo and then go to "open with" and open it with the program "paint". Then there is a resize button, if you shrink it down that should make it compatible for upload.
There used to be a sticky or a thread on here that showed what the photo size limits were. I haven't seen it lately though.
It has been a 3 year dry spell but thank the Lord they're back this year. One pair seems pretty well established and it appears another pair is trying to imprint on my sight. As some of you may remember my struggling situation with hawks and black snakes....14 years to get them the first time, then colony built to a total of 11 pair one year just to be reduced to 8 pair, 5 pair, 3 pair before 0 for 3 years. Even though I thought my 36" cone shape guard was sufficient the last year I have now came up with this 36" X 8 inch sewer pipe that is mounted to swing from the pole and an arrangement that includes bird netting cone shaped wrapped around. The top of the sewer pipe is fitted with a wooden disc with multiple 3/8" holes to give any potential climbing snake the appearance of being open at the top.