TPC; Is there anything, within the law, to "encourage" T&P to use the penthouse or is it not to their liking. Too new?
Box is two years old, they have been in there and have made nestscrapes and all the other nesting kind of things that would normally have indicated that they would be choosing the box this year. I'm going to trade out the gravel later this summer, maybe something a little smaller in case they want something "softer" (can gravel really be softer?). Other than that, not sure what we can do. What I do know is that the design is the same, the box is just bigger. So maybe next year ....
Maybe next year if they use the east ledge leaving the rubbermaid standing up on edge with rocks on one side? Something to get out of the weather?
Not sure that we will be spending $2,100 to install a $7 plastic bin again next spring. If we do anything on that ledge it will be more permanent and may or may not have "roofing". I have spoken at length here on the Forum about the problems/difficulties/considerations involved in installing anything on this length. Now we know it costs about $2,000 to rent the swingstage to work on the ledge which has to be factored in as well. Donations so far this year will just cover the two swing stage rentals (for the tray installation and the banding) so far rather than our normal expenses, so we will have to look for other sources of funding for a third trip up to install a more permanent structure, so long as we can come up with a design that won't endanger the birds, the hotel and its staff as well as the pedestrians and traffic below - we can't access the ledge so we can't fix/check/maintain it regularly.
