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HikerMan36
09-09-2009, 10:48
Does anyone know what this type of house is for? Saw it on Roan Mtn.
Pacific Tortuga
09-09-2009, 10:56
Does anyone know what this type of house is for? Saw it on Roan Mtn.
A bat ? or some kind of easy snake access.
Had to write the last part, you know, 10 characters or less rule.
AKA : L. Wolf quick post deterant.
mrhughes1982
09-09-2009, 10:58
thats a snipe box
thats a snipe box
correct, been a while since i last saw one of those
Pretty sure that's a shelter for Mrs. Baggins.
aaand, another point for hooch!
If that hole is about 1.5 inches wide, it is probably a northern flying squirrel box. There are several types of nesting boxes on Roan, including the saw-whet owl (described as an absurdly tame little owl), and barred owl.
Once went looking for a saw-whet on Mt. Rogers with a bird census group, but found none. If you make tapping noises on the nesting tree of a saw-whet, it might hop out and come to you.
It's Warraghiyagey bathroom or bedroom or both
Captain Blue
09-09-2009, 13:22
It is not a bat house or bat box.
Graywolf
09-09-2009, 13:33
I agree with Goncho. It looks like a Flying Squirrel box, but what gets me is the screen at the bottom. That is close as I can get.
Snipes are ground dwellers
and bat boxes have entrance holes in the bottom.
HHHmmmmm......
saimyoji
09-09-2009, 13:40
Pretty sure that's a shelter for Mrs. Baggins.
couldn't be, no way she could haul herself all the way up that tree.
Jonnycat
09-09-2009, 13:47
Tree rat box.
Most likely a flying squirrel box.
It is not a bat house or bat box.
Entry is too large for a bat box. Plans I got had entry bottom back.
Unless you got some Laaarge bats down there.
YoungMoose
09-09-2009, 15:52
either flyingg squirrels or bats
drastic_quench
09-09-2009, 15:54
Lunch.
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Monkeyboy
09-09-2009, 21:56
It's a bat box.
Small bats can use large holes as well as small ones.
Most of the one's I've seen don't have the chicken wire on the bottom and no sidehole entrance, but it's a bat box.
Probably also has slats inside made out of plywood for them to hang upside down in.
freefall
09-09-2009, 22:22
I am not an expert but every bat house I have seen has an entry from the bottom. More slit like than a hole.
I'd have to say either squirrels or snipe.
Hey, it's snipe season here in CO. Anyone wanna go snipe huntin'?:)
mrhughes1982
09-09-2009, 22:35
Its very possibly one of these creatures. They are close to extinction and I hear there is a program to bring them back. Its a rare snaggletoothed finch. Don't stick your finger in the box they bite!
Captain Blue
09-09-2009, 23:12
It's not a bat house or bat box. Don't be fooled. It looks a lot like this:
http://www.woodlandhabitat.com/Flying-Squirrel-Box.htm
Graywolf
09-09-2009, 23:18
Yeppers!!! Thats it!!!! Thats it!!!! yes, yes, yes. oh boy!:banana
Checked out the forest service for different type of boxes and that is what it is.. Good pic Capt.
warraghiyagey
09-10-2009, 08:04
It's a catawampus box. . . .
Monkeyboy
09-10-2009, 08:41
Maybe a jabberwocky..........
Gray Blazer
09-10-2009, 12:17
or a bigfoot?
That's not even big enough for his shoes.
bigmac_in
09-10-2009, 12:52
It's a bat box.
Small bats can use large holes as well as small ones.
Most of the one's I've seen don't have the chicken wire on the bottom and no sidehole entrance, but it's a bat box.
Probably also has slats inside made out of plywood for them to hang upside down in.
Don't listen to Monkeyboy, he's just a poop flinger. :D
They might design bat boxes like this in florida - enough said - , but that is a flying squirrel box.
Monkeyboy
09-10-2009, 13:00
Don't listen to Monkeyboy, he's just a poop flinger. :D
They might design bat boxes like this in florida - enough said - , but that is a flying squirrel box.
That's because we use flying squirrels for skeet practice.
chefjason
09-10-2009, 13:31
Yeppers!!! Thats it!!!! Thats it!!!! yes, yes, yes. oh boy!:banana
Checked out the forest service for different type of boxes and that is what it is.. Good pic Capt.
Wow, you got seriously excited by that info. You REEEEEEAAAAALLLLY wanted to know what the hell was in that box didn't ya?!
D'Artagnan
09-10-2009, 15:40
I thought it was a "Suggestion Box".
no, that looks like this:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1J8irRKBEfo/ScA6ggQhA9I/AAAAAAAAABU/KI6AgOxKO_Y/s400/TrashCanC.gif
leeki pole
09-10-2009, 15:56
beware the Jabberwock my friend, the claws that bite, the jaws that snatch......if'n you're down here in Mississippi I'll take you on a real snipe hunt.......don't let them Yankees fool you.....that is a birdhouse for a frumious Bandersnatch......
Darwin again
09-13-2009, 17:28
It's a box box.
I thought that was the new suggested shelter for hikers. I hear the 'eco-nuts' are wanting to lessen the human impact on the environment, thusly, smaller shelters.