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Show THE Page 10 OGDEN VALLEY NEWS March Along the Way... Nest Box Building Class Scheduled at Ogden Nature Center Wild Bird Center Naturalist and Ogden Nature Center board member Bill Fenimore will conduct a class on nest box building at the Ogden Nature Center Thursday evening March 24 at :00 p.m. With spring approaching, now is the time to build and erect a nest box in your yard. There are many cavity nesting birds in Northern Utah such as Black-capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, Western Screech Owl, an Northern Flicker. They can be easily attracted to Each month the OGDEN VALLEY News will print a new page of the “Ogden Valley Nature Guide.” Readers can then cut out and collect these pages to create their own resource guide featuring wildlife and fauna found in Ogden Valley. ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Along the Way... A Guide to Nature along the a nest Ogden Valley Pathways. t th 1e bird Wings: Tail: Feet Legs Bill: Face: Chest: oO Size: e 8” wingspan, black, gray and white grayish texture grayish texture short, really thin sharp, sharp, and black e They likeJ ed to nest boxes. I in the middle (cheeks); Mountain Chickadee has white eyebrow on their nest, females can makeen I the Mountain Chickadee has a : . ; white stripe above its eye. stresses, a Utah registered Did youknow about the fault on the back of the Wasatch Range? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY? I JJ bottom (chin) with white ® !f disturbed These two chickadees are very similar in appearance, but note or RANKS 7TH IN NATION FOR ABSOLUTE RISK FOR EARTHQUAKE (ACCORDING TO FEMA STUDY) (COMMUMITY e = They will feed at suet and seed feeders. ° They also eat insects, including spi- ders and their eggs. caneis more grayish about Engineer’s C oe for the sign’s structural plans may be re There is much mmore information i in the Ogden Valley Sign Ordinance. This article is offered as a very brief overview. To read the entire detailed text of this ordinance, visit the Weber County Website at wwwl.co.weber.ut.us and click on County Departments, then go to Planning Commission, thengo to Ordinances and click on Zon ning Ordinance. The Ogden Valley Sign Ordinance is in Chapter 32 B. If you have further, more specific questions, you can speak to a member of the planning staff by calling (801)399-8791 or 399-8794, or visit the Planning Commission’s office at 2380 Washington Blvd,.Suite 240, in Ogden. to perch on the top of pine trees. I They’re cavity nesters and are attract- I black on top (cap) and white; Mountain Chick- loads UTAH You can tell this bird because it has a very distinctive call. It gets its name from the voice it has: chicka-dee-dee-]] dee. It also calls fee-bee. is $20 and $25 for non-members. To register, call the Ogden Nature Center at 801-621-7595. cont. from page 3 ‘tructure may not resist wind, seismic forces, or other Chickadee Poecile gambeli Did You Know? Drawing by Madisen Savage Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla ild WwW ith Pater Ital oe Additional instructions will be provided on location of the nest box for best success. Nest boxes allow for monitoring nest building, incubation, and fledging of chicks. Nest boxes way to introduce children to nature. Class cost for Ogden Nature Center members of any sign that endangers the public safety or a sign for which no Permit has been issued if, after giving notice to the owner, the violation is not remedies At the time of application for a Land Use Permit, the designs for signs and sign structures are reviewed by the Planning, Building, and Engineering Staff to assure that they are designed and constructed to resist wind and seismic forces as specified in the Uniform Building Code. Sign structures also require a Building Permit. If, in the opinion of the County Engineer, the proposed Drawing by Angela Baker r ] are made of metal or cement not wood. Cavity nesting birds lose out. You can mitigate the loss of habitat when erecting a nest box. The class will show you how to build a nest box from a kit that isalready precut and drilled. It would use in an old dead snag. Cavity nesting birds suffer from loss of habitat as these snags are removed with development. Fence posts today PLANNER’S Mountain Issue XI 15, 2005 A Guide to Nature along the Ogden Valley Pathways pe Volume XI a I explosive I snakelike sc I I ae seuss — odie — yom Savage and Jaren Florence TEAM) “NEEDS YOU” WE NEED MORE We have a need for many more on the CERT Ogden Valley Team. CLASSES TO START I A RESPONSE The Ogden Valley CERT Team is a group of your neighbors trained to “backup” the County Emergency Personnel. We are trained to help ourselves and then our neighbors when an emergency overwhelms County Emergency Personnel. Besides training, we have emergency and first aid equipment ready to go. We have developed a “Valley wide link” by “FM” and “Walkie-Talkie” radios I I . Drawing by SondriaPladas EMERGENCY A TRAINING CLASS IS FORMING FOR THIS SPRING. REGISTRATION NECESSARY. Call Linda Spencer at 745-0805 or 778-6602 for questions. IS SIGN UP NOW! 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