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seth❤️birds
- Posts: 39
- Joined: Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:54 pm
- Location: Clark,MO
- Martin Colony History: The first year I started keeping track was 2023
2023 - 1 T-14-
38 eggs
28 nestlings
26 fledged
2024
67 eggs
56 nestlings
54 fledge
2025
Added another T-14 & 4 gourds
157 eggs
140 young
126 fledgling
I built this guard for one of my Martin house poles & I used screws to bring the two ends together. I was just wondering if raccoons would be able to use the protruding screw heads to climb up over the guard . The screws don’t stick out very far at all ,but I was just curious. The guard also wobbles on the pole so if he tries to grab on the screw heads the guard will just go in.
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Seth
Seth
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Bird Brain
- Posts: 327
- Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:22 am
- Location: Highland Village, TX
- Martin Colony History: 2022-visitors, 2023-visitors, 2024-1 pair, fledged 4, 2025-10 pair, fledged 42
I think you're ok. Not enough for a racoon to get a grip on. Racoons are very heavy creatures and would need more than that for climbing traction.