A Modification of Copeyon's Drilling Technique for Making Artificial Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Cavities

William E. Taylor; Robert G. Hooper

doi:10.2737/SE-GTR-72

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A Modification of Copeyon's Drilling Technique for Making Artificial Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Cavities

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Authors:

William E. Taylor, Robert G. Hooper

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-GTR-72

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-72. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 31 p.

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Abstract

A modification to Copeyon's drilling technique for making highly effective artificial cavities for red-cockaded wookpeckers is described.The changes virtually eliminate the possibility of making a mistake in constructing cavities and reduces the learning time to less than 2 weeks.The basic change is the use of a 3-inch access hole that allows the relative position of the pith to be used to avoid breeching the sapwood and replaces routing the cavity with a single, precisely drilled hole.

Keywords

Picoides borealis, endangered species, Hurricane Hugo

Citation

Taylor, William E.; Hooper, Robert G. 1991. A Modification of Copeyon''s Drilling Technique for Making Artificial Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Cavities. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-72. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 31 p.