Glenwild Golf Course Maintenance: April 2011

We have installed 17 large Nestboxes around the course. They are roughly 18” tall by 9” wide.

Theses nestboxes were constructed in our shop over the winter. We also constructed a smaller nestbox which is roughly 13” tall and 10” wide.
There are 2 sizes of nestboxes in order to attract a variety of different birds.
The larger nestboxes will attract the American Kestrel, Screech Owls and the Red-Shafted or Northern Flicker.

American Kestrel

Screech Owl

Northern Flicker

The Americal Kestrel and the Screech Owl prey on smaller mammals such as the voles we have here at Glenwild. Most vole damage occurs during the winter months when voles move through their grass runways under the protection of the snow.

Vole Damage in the Spring

Vole

The nestboxes were attached to Aspens and Spruces at a minimum of 10 feet or higher.

We have not installed any of the smaller nestboxes but will be doing so soon. They will attract song birds such as Mountain Bluebirds, Western Bluebirds, Tree Swallows, Black-capped Chickadees, Mountain Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, and White-breasted Nuthatches. These song birds like open areas our course provides and can be seen swooping around the ponds for insects.