I finally opened and read this thread - all along I'd been wondering if "stressless" referred to the building of the wood duck houses or their habitation by the ducks confused.

The anti-raccoon cone would definitely remove stress from the ducks.

We have an abundance of dead ash trees (Thanks, Emerald Ash Borer!) that wood ducks nest in every year. But those are some now houses for waterfowlers to use.


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