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Not wishing to sound unappreciative of such fine work but is it coated with a varnish or similar as it is customary to leave a wood untreated as the chemicals can cause harm. Also in my experience the tits like to be able to 'modify' the entrance by picking at the wood and 'scuffing' it up. Again a difficult task to achieve if treated. None-the-less, it is a fine work of art fit for any bird that should take its fancy and I truely hope it becomes a successful home.

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Not wishing to sound unappreciative of such fine work but is it coated with a varnish or similar as it is customary to leave a wood untreated as the chemicals can cause harm. Also in my experience the tits like to be able to 'modify' the entrance by picking at the wood and 'scuffing' it up. Again a difficult task to achieve if treated. None-the-less, it is a fine work of art fit for any bird that should take its fancy and I truely hope it becomes a successful home.

 

Look, I really only posted this because I knew I could get away with writing a salacious title!

 

As far as 'customary', I'm not a very customary kinda man. And I have 20 boxes in my garden, all lived in at some point - old copper jugs, boxes that were noxiously treated 20 years ago, bare cedar boxes, varnished... This box is oiled. I might experiment with just olive oil.

 

But what brings the birds, and the same great tits every year, is not whether a box has been weatherproofed ( and at 50£ I'd expect it to be ) or not, its that lovely 'huntress of vermin cat' pictured left.

 

And the birds know that!

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