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====== Preparing Your Location for the CrowBox ====== | ====== Preparing Your Location for the CrowBox ====== | ||
- | ===== 05/10/18 v.1 ===== | + | This article describes a simple feeding program that we use to prepare a location for corvids before deploying a new CrowBox. We suggest you start this program one or two weeks before you plan to put out your CrowBox. Better still, begin around the time you are buying your parts and continue while you build your CrowBox. |
- | This article describes a simple feeding program that we use to prepare a location for corvids before deploying a new Crowbox. We suggest | + | A. Before |
- | A. Before you can begin, you must choose the spot where you will place your Crowbox. For help with this see the article on selecting a location [[kit: | + | B. OK, feeding time! The whole idea here is to get corvids used to finding food at the location where your CrowBox |
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- | B. OK, feeding time! The whole idea here is to get corvids used to finding food at the location where your Crowbox | + | |
* Roasted, unsalted, shell-on peanuts | * Roasted, unsalted, shell-on peanuts | ||
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- Replace food after it has all been eaten. Only do this one or two times per day. | - Replace food after it has all been eaten. Only do this one or two times per day. | ||
- | E. Some tips: | + | E. Documentation: |
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+ | We’ve built a simple google form that feeds into a spreadsheet (you can see an example of the spreadsheet [[https:// | ||
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+ | F. Some tips: | ||
- Use the peanut and cheese snack food mix. Other foods may attract birds which are not corvids. | - Use the peanut and cheese snack food mix. Other foods may attract birds which are not corvids. | ||
- You may have to outsmart local squirrels if they steal the food. Use a pole and/or baffle. | - You may have to outsmart local squirrels if they steal the food. Use a pole and/or baffle. |
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