[mou] Mink in wood duck houses

[christian artuso]

I'd be interested to hear more of of observations of mink climbing trees - 
how high can they climb for example? This year in the Winnipeg area, there 
was very high water on the Red and other rivers, which in some cases came to 
within a few feet on Wood Duck boxes used by screech owls. Several screech 
owl pairs abanadoned territories in which they had raised several successful 
consecutive broods and there may be a link between high water levels and the 
risk of predation...

christian artuso (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
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