Squirrels will kill adult birds at feeders also. When I lived around them I had squirrel baffles on the poles and all my feeders had grids. My platform feeder had a 1" grid over it also to keep out the starlings and cowbirds that bully the song birds. Keeping the feeders and birdhouses quite far from fences and trees helps also. Squirrels can jump really far. I have a friend who calls them flying rats. I also had a clear dome over one niger feeder. It's a lot of paraphernalia but I felt like I had to protect them if I was going to lure birds to the feeders. Here we have trouble with hawks that sit on the fence and wait for the quail and small birds to get distracted. There's kind of a downside to feeders and bird baths I guess. Birdhouses are easier to protect. Sounds like you have a good plan for the houses. So nice that you are looking out for the babies.

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I would also experiement with the convection feature on some roast chickens, etc before the big day and not try something new when you are already a little stressed and there are a ton of people...... Yes, yes, yes. Plus make some cookies using convection, make some whatever you can think of....practice makes perfect. Mrs.M never bothered to "learn" the convection part and it subsequently doesn't work for her. The Dudes and I don't seem to have those issues, so you have to use it to know it. Its too long to post but if you want I'd be happy to email my method for turkey dinner. I wrote it out long ago for a friend who was doing her first turkey sans mother. Easy, good and breaks it up a bit so the Big Day sees a lot of stuff already done. my username at telus dot net for direct and I think I'm available through GW.