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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 week ago (3 children)

To state an obvious flaw, what were you expecting to attract with an opening that large? A bird would need 1/4 the size or less.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Yeah. Even without the cat, it's an open buffet for predator birds.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A bird large enough to need an opening that size while still tending to roost in trees...Great horned owl? Bald eagle? Turkey vulture? Turkey? Not many of them nest in holes in trees so probably wouldn't know what to do with a box.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, we have a barred owl living nearby that would absolutely love that box. She looks to be about the size of a large cat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I never really thought about an owl-sized birdhouse but yeah I guess a lot of them nest in hollows in tree trunks so why not?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Owls was my first thought, they would totall dig that box.

Could be bats, too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Probably don't do bats so close to the house.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

You probably shouldn't do bats at all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I suppose even if the local bats had low risk of rabies or other disease depending on their species and food sources, the kind of bats that would nest in a structure like that would also infest buildings.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah this is a deathtrap for birds. Horrible design.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At this point you're just feeding birds to the cats.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago

Ah, so it's a bird feeder