This is where I found a number of neglected nestboxes. I adopted the trail last fall. In 2007, I'm going to be experimenting with Linda Violett's Two-Hole Mansion boxes in this location.
The photo of the surroundings is from Google Earth, which allows you to zoom in on aerial photographs of any address. (Click on the image for a larger version).
May 29, 2008 - Take Your Pick (parents feeding fledgling)
June 10, 2008 - That Look Belongs in a Holster (female MOBL)
You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that habitat and you will exterminate the species as surely as if you had shot it. So conservation means that you have to preserve forest and grassland, river and lake, even the sea itself. This is vital not only for the preservation of animal life generally, but for the future existence of man himself—a point that seems to escape many people.
-Gerald Durrell, The Nature Conservancy
