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Bird watcher thinks out of the (nest) box

A house wren box built "naturally" by Dick Thiel. (Courtesy)
A house wren box built "naturally" by Dick Thiel. (Courtesy)

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- My Sunday Outdoors story on nest boxes for cavity-nesting birds struck a chord with Dick Thiel of Spokane:

Wrens and flickers are my favorite; flickers are so entertaining and wrens so busy and such beautiful singers.  Here's my latest wren palace, made from the slab ends from a portable mill a friend near Lake Eloika used to harvest last year's downed trees.  Heavy, but comfy.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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