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Belize Nest Box Installation Project Jan-Feb 2014

by northfloridawildlife

Larkin Keys (photographer) and Michael Keys (biologist) traveled to the Honduran pine savannas of the Toledo District of southern Belize to install artificial cavities for the Yellow-headed parrot.

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Yellow-headed parrot pair
Yellow-headed parrots that were checking out a new artificial cavity!
Yellow-headed parrots that were checking out a new artificial cavity!
box installation sequence: ready to cut
box installation sequence: plunge cuts
box installation sequence: plunge cuts
box installation sequence: removing wedge
box installation sequence
box installation sequence: removing wedge
box installation sequence: finished with the cut
box installation sequence: grinding back corners
box installation sequence: removing back wall
box installation sequence: grinding back corners
box installation sequence: adding shavings for nest material
box installation sequence: checking the fit
box installation sequence
box installation sequence
box installation sequence
box installation sequence: done
Yellow-headed parrot box installation: final step
box installation sequence: finished
box installation sequence: finished
completed box on a skinny Caribbean pine (intentionally not flush with bole of tree)
Yellow-headed parrot
Yellow-headed parrot