[tn-bird] Re: bluebird/snake article
- From: PYRPYRFECT@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 23:21:18 EST
In a message dated 3/12/02 10:15:40 AM Central Standard Time, jreese5@xxxxxxx
writes:
<<
Snakes can be deterred by affixing something to the pole that prevents =
them
from climbing. Just a slick pole isn't enough, since many snakes can wr=
ap
around, and pushing against their own body, make it up the pole. Someti=
mes
greasing the pole is recommended, but if you let the grease get dirty o=
r
dried out, the snake can climb through it.
A simpler method said to be effective is to tape a big swaddling skirt =
of
thick, landscape grade black plastic around the pole, leaving it loose
around the bottom. Supposedly, the snake can't find a grip on the outsi=
de
of the flexible, bulky "skirt", and if it tries to go underneath, it ge=
ts
trapped under the plastic.
Carol Reese
<A HREF="http://audubon-omaha.org/bbbox/nestbox/hksnake.htm";>Harry Krueger
snake trap plans</A>
This is the plan for the net mesh snake guard. We lost one box of babies due
to making the wire ring too small. I recommend that it be twice as large as
is shown in the plan.
Van Harris
Millington, TN
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