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| ====== CrowBox Location Selection ====== | ====== CrowBox Location Selection ====== | ||
| - | ===== 05/10/18 v.1 ===== | + | When you put out your new Crowbox, you must begin waiting for local corvids to notice it and eventually approach it in order to interact. We call this process |
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| - | When you put out your new Crowbox, you must begin waiting for local corvids to notice it and eventually approach it in order to interact. We call this process | + | |
| This article assumes that your Crowbox will be set up somewhere on a piece of property around a home or apartment building, but setting up a Crowbox in any environment is pretty much the same - you just need to consider the environmental conditions that are likely to help or hinder the discovery process. | This article assumes that your Crowbox will be set up somewhere on a piece of property around a home or apartment building, but setting up a Crowbox in any environment is pretty much the same - you just need to consider the environmental conditions that are likely to help or hinder the discovery process. | ||
| - | We have learned that the most important element for success in discovery is making sure that corvid visitors have a good opportunity to observe the Crowbox from a nearby safe place, which we call a ‘vantage point’. Corvids will be curious about the Crowbox and they will want to visit to investigate the possibility of receiving food, but the corvid species that we have worked with are often reluctant to fly directly to a new Crowbox and land on it. | + | We have learned that the most important element for success in discovery is making sure that corvid visitors have a good opportunity to observe the Crowbox from a nearby safe place, which we call a "vantage point." |
| - | But they will take advantage of nearby trees, shrubs, fences, power lines and so on to work their way closer to the Crowbox to get a better look at it. You should encourage this behavior by planning to place your Crowbox near some of these ‘natural’ vantage points. | + | But they will take advantage of nearby trees, shrubs, fences, power lines and so on to work their way closer to the Crowbox to get a better look at it. You should encourage this behavior by planning to place your Crowbox near some of these "natural" |
| In an area without good natural vantage points, such as a large empty field, you will have to provide some vantage points of your own. Just about anything a bird will land on will work, but the number one rule of a good vantage point is: | In an area without good natural vantage points, such as a large empty field, you will have to provide some vantage points of your own. Just about anything a bird will land on will work, but the number one rule of a good vantage point is: | ||
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