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Coveside Woodpecker Houses
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COVESIDE CONSERVATION PRODUCTS
WOODPECKERS: Primary
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Woodpecker Houses
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Northern
Flickers Downy Woodpecker Hairy
Woodpeckers Red-headed Woodpeckers Red-bellied
Woodpeckers Pileated Woodpeckers |
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Northern Flickers
The
Northern Flicker, or Common Flicker, is a member of the woodpecker family.
It is a large bird, about 12" long, with black bars on its brown back, a
black bib, and a red or black "whisker" stripe on the side of its face
(male only). Eastern birds wear a red patch on the back of the neck
and have yellow wing linings, while the western variety have salmon wing
linings and no red patch. In the Southwest the gilded flicker has bright
yellow underwings.
The
flicker lives in open country with trees, farmlands, orchards, woodland
edges, or in parks and suburban areas. It also likes areas near
rivers and streams, as well as deserts with giant saguaro cacti. Its
call is a loud, repeated "flicker, flicker, flicker."
It is the
only woodpecker that generally feeds on the ground, searching for insects
such as ants (about half their diet) and beetles. They will also
feed on tree trunks. In the winter they may come to a feeder for
suet and peanut butter, and they will eat wild fruits and berries as
well.
Woodpeckers excavate their own cavities, and some will use a
nesting box, while others will not. The North American woodpeckers who use
nest boxes fairly often include the Northern Flicker and the Red-headed
Woodpecker. Woodpeckers do not bring in nesting material to the birdhouse,
since they generally excavate holes in rotted wood, where the soft wood
makes good nesting material naturally. So placing wood chips or
sawdust (from 1" or 2" deep to filling it completely full) in the nest box
may help to attract them. Wood chips are superior, as sawdust can
absorb moisture.
The
flicker will migrate from northern areas to the southern states for
winter, but if the climate is not extreme, it may use a nest box as a
roosting place during the winter months.
In an area
where starlings are plentiful, you may want to set up several houses so
they can have their own and leave the flickers alone, as they are an
aggressive competitor for nesting sites.
One of the
best things you can do for any bird, but especially for woodpeckers, is to
NOT cut down the old dead trees or dead branches in your yard. These
provide insects and homes for many woodpeckers, and after they have moved
on to a new nest site, for every other cavity-nesting species.
Woodpeckers do not excavate live wood, so leave that old eyesore in your
yard and help give the birds a home!
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Coveside Downy Woodpecker House
$42.00
America's smallest woodpecker, the Downy is a
backyard favorite. They are friendly little birds that
enjoy being around people. Since Downys tend to use nest boxes in the winter as
roosts to escape the cold, one might want to put up a house in the fall. Comes
standard with slate squirrel guard and wood chips. RANGE:
Resides throughout eastern United States. HABITAT: Likes
open forests of mixed growth, orchards, swamps. (15-1/2"h x 5-3/4"w x 8"d)
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Coveside Northern Flicker House
$44.95
The
Northern Flicker is a woodpecker that utilizes a bird house quite
readily. If there is a problem with a flicker pecking a
hole in a building, fill the this house with wood chips and position it over the
unwanted excavation to provide a more suitable nesting
location. RANGE: Resides throughout the U.S. and
Canada. HABITAT: Prefers open country with trees, parks and
large gardens; especially in or at the edge of open woods.. (17-3/4"h x 9-1/4"w x 11"d)
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Coveside Slate Squirrel Guard
$5.95
This guard is used
with the following nesting houses: Window Nest Box,
Chickadee, Nuthatch, Titmouse, House Wren, all Bluebird Houses, Saw-Whet Owl
and Kestrel. This guard will protect the box from chewing
squirrels.
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Coveside Three Woodpecker House
$49.95
Only a
few varieties of woodpeckers will live in a man-made box, but the Hairy,
Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers regularly do so.
This house comes with wood chips and a slate predator guard to keep squirrels
from enlarging the entrance hole. RANGE: Resides throughout
the U.S. and Canada, and north to Alaska. Some northern birds move south for the
winter. HABITAT: Lives in or at the edge of open woods,
prefering deciduous forests. (17-1/2"h x 7-1/2"w
x 9-3/4"d)
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Coveside Wood Chips Nesting Material
$1.99
Nesting Material. Gallon size.
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Support The Registry of Nature Habitats - Buy Conservation Credits For purchasing Conservation
Credit(s) You will receive a copy of the John Audubon Multimedia
CD A replica of the complete
(1840-1844) James Audubon's
Birds of America
You will also receieve a bluebird
house for each Conservation Credit purchased and a 20% off coupon to be used on
the A Bird's Home website!
 The Registry of Nature Habitats - Mission
Statement
The Registry of Nature Habitats is
dedicated to the preservation of land that, over time, has been a
site and home for complex ecosystems. The Registry advocates
preservation of these lands and its inhabitants, environmental
education for community individuals and groups, and nurturing of
these lands through restoration in order to conserve its
natural resources for future generations.
Preserve
The Registry of Nature
Habitats manages critical habitat, consisting of wetland,
lowland, upland, forest and stream habitat, providing a home
to wildlife species and plant species. As part of
the mission to preserve these lands and its inhabitants,
the Registry will continue to contract with owners
of ecologically sensitive land as it becomes
available.
Educate
The Registry of Nature Habitats is
a "teaching ground," able to provide hands-on, interpretive learning
experiences in areas such as ecology, botany, wildlife science, and
geology, as well as the arts and humanities. The
educational mission of The Registry of Nature Habitats is
to teach an understanding and appreciaton of the environment,
the invaluable lesson of land stewardship of our natural resources,
and to expand the general knowledge of this habitat through
scientific research. This will be accomplished through a
year-round experiential, interactive approach, along
with onsite and outreach activities including providing
educational material both on this website, on media and through
educational seminars. An on-site facility is in the
design phase, which will house classrooms and an administrative
space.
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Through several restoration
projects, including the rebuilding of stream corridors,
reintroducing native flora, and permitting only low-impact
activities, the Registry is nurturing much land back to
its natural state, undoing the damage of hundreds of
years. The Registry of Nature
Habitats restoration plan, developed with public and private
partnerships and with local community support, will increase
the land's value, enhance wildlife habitat, improve water
quality, and preserve the integrity of the land's
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Energy
Promote the use of
renewable and efficient energy technologies through education,
training, workforce development, research, and project facilitation.
The Registry supports clean energy development and energy
conservation as the means to protect the environment, enhance
public health, and save our nature
habitats.
Conservation
We seek to educate people and provide innovative
solutions that will help build a clean, more efficient world, by
reducing energy consumption in a prudent way that does not
threaten the natural balance that supports all
life.
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