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04/01/2006: "April 1: Ants"
Well, we have had no activity in the box since March 7th, and are just about out of hope. We don't really know what went wrong. Perhaps they didn't like the pine shavings. Perhaps the stray cats in the neighborhood scared or ate one of them. We may replace the nesting material this weekend. Either way, we'll probably take the webcam off-line so the computer doesn't have to run all day. She will either show up and we'll turn it on again, or she won't. In the meantime, we'll just have to watch Chris Johnson's owl and wish him luck.
As you can see, Acrobat Ants have taken over the inactive box. They came last year as well while the owls were nesting. They do no direct harm, but do compete somewhat with the owlets for cached food.
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