nest box


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nesting box

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1. (Agriculture) a box in a henhouse in which domestic chickens lay eggs
2. (Environmental Science) a box designed as a nesting place for wild birds and positioned in a garden, park, or reserve to encourage them to breed there
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Translations
linnunpönttöpesäpönttö

nest box

n → Nistkasten m
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It is also kicks off Nest Box Week, where we can give wild birds a home and a better chance of survival.
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Glis tend to be found in the same or adjacent nest boxes whatever their age and their nest box derived home range is apparently very small, often under 1 ha (Brooks et al.
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According to Kimberly Bauman, director of environmental affairs for Mississippi Lime Co., over the past two years, the company has partnered with the World Bird Sanctuary for a nest box (bird house) study, to determine which bird species were living on company property at its Ste.
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Initially, they nested on a site that was difficult to monitor, so a nest box was set up in a more accessible area near the university's Science and Enterprise Park.
Kestrels caring for four chicks, live on cam
IF YOU are planning to put up a nest box this National Nest Box Week and beyond, the British Trust for Ornithology and the RSPB are warning that, while some boxes provide a perfect breeding cavity for birds, others are far from ideal.
Make sure you choose the correct home to keep our feathered friends cosy
The town's two peregrine falcons became internet sensations in 2016 after a live stream from their new nest box at the top of Export House showed themhatching and raising two chicks.
Woking's peregrine falcons are back - and more could be on the way; The birds became internet stars thanks to a 24-hour live stream of their nest and its new hatchlings in 2016
The nest box was installed by the NYS Thruway Authority, and a pair of falcons has been using it on and off for 12 years.
Banding Peregrines
Because utilization of high-rise buildings and other vertical manmade structures by urban peregrines is well documented, and installing nest boxes to entice successful nesting has been implemented throughout the Upper Midwest (Herbert and Herbert 1965, Caballero et al., 2016), one of the authors met with university officials to request the installation of a nest box on the UT tower.
New nesting record of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in Central Texas
Nest box fixation, nest searching and nest occupation
Nesting success of the oriental magpie robin Copsychus saularis in nest boxes and tree cavities
National Nest Box Week is run every year by The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
Time to put up boxes to help our birdlife; naturewatch Euros ap Hywel
Attending to small details will make a nest box more suitable to attract and fledge birds.
Attracting birds of prey: nest boxes make it relatively easy to attract predators that help control pests
(2011) in the context of quantifying the effects of cavity type (wooden nest box versus a PVC tube with >9.5-cm vertical depth) and a commercially marketed nesting deterrent in a factorial design.
Low occupancy rates of artificial nest cavities by European Starlings

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