{"id":405,"date":"2010-04-19T20:39:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T19:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.schoolsays.co.uk\/~strettonhandley\/birdblog\/?p=405"},"modified":"2012-12-19T20:53:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T20:53:41","slug":"other-creatures-use-nest-boxes-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/other-creatures-use-nest-boxes-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Other creatures use nest boxes too!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this country, other creatures, such as squirrels, dormice and bats\u00a0sometimes use nest boxes, particularly for hibernating in\u00a0over the winter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_946\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sugarglider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-946\" title=\"Australian Sugar Glider in a Nest Box \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sugarglider-300x243.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sugarglider-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sugarglider-640x518.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sugarglider-370x300.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sugarglider.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Australian Sugar Glider in a Nest Box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was recently sent this picture of a Sugar Glider by my Uncle (Ranger Geoff)\u00a0who lives in Australia. Ranger Geoff put up a number of nest boxes in the trees around his home four years a go but hasn&#8217;t found anything in them until now.<\/p>\n<p>Class 2 are very curious and want to find out more about this creature. They are really excited that Ranger Geoff has agreed to answer their questions on this blog.<\/p>\n<p>Update: Ranger Geoff has\u00a0emailed us a\u00a0recording of\u00a0a\u00a0Sugar Glider calling from the top of a tree just up from his house and also some pictures showing Sugar Glider habitat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/sugarglider.mp3\">A Sugar Glider Calling<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_948\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ironbark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-948\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-948\" alt=\"Good Sugar Glider Habitat\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/ironbark-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Good Sugar Glider Habitat<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: normal;\">This is bush in the Warby Range State Park (Victoria, Australia). The trees are Blakelys Red Gums. Notice all the hollows in the trees, just right for Sugar Gliders and many other small animals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_949\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/bush.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-949\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-949\" alt=\"The bush around Ranger Geoff's house\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/bush-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bush around Ranger Geoff&#8217;s house<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is some of the bush around Ranger Geoff\u2019s house. Can you spot Ranger Geoff with a hose blacking out a burning tree after a fire was lit to burn the bush.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this country, other creatures, such as squirrels, dormice and bats\u00a0sometimes use nest boxes, particularly for hibernating in\u00a0over the winter. I was recently sent this picture of a Sugar Glider by my Uncle (Ranger Geoff)\u00a0who lives in Australia. Ranger Geoff &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/other-creatures-use-nest-boxes-too\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife-cams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1170,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk\/wildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}