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Creating a bongo box to deter drumming downies

January 10, 2018 at 2:40PM

Create a 'bongo box'

Build your own woodpecker drumming box and hang it on a tree away from your home to draw downies away from wooden siding. Carrol Henderson's book "Woodworking for Wildlife: Homes for Birds and Animals," third edition, has plans for making a woodpecker bongo that should divert downies eager to make some noise.

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