www.getbluebirdhouse.com. The bluebird may just be America's favored backyard bird. For many individuals, the easiest method to attract these lovely birds is by installing a bluebird house, or nesting box.
This brings about several typical questions: 1. Exactly what type of bird house do bluebirds like to nest in? 2. Where in the yard is most effective to put a bluebird house?, and 3. Exactly what is the very best method to mount your house?
This video shows some of the typical types of bluebird houses. Bluebirds prefer nest boxes with an entrance hole of a minimum of 1 1/2" in diameter, with 1 9/16" being even better. All bluebird houses should be simply opened for clearing out old nests and checking the nest, have excellent ventilation, and drainage of water out the bottom.
One of the greatest designs is the Gilbertson PVC Bluebird house. In addition to having all the attributes just mentioned, it likewise has a long-lasting PVC body, cedar roof, and is easy to mount to a metal pole. One of the very best attributes is the shallow depth that discourages aggressive house sparrows from nesting in it. Bluebirds and smaller sized birds like wrens and chickadees do not mind this at all. Plus the PVC body of the house comes off quickly for nest box checks.
The Gilbertson bluebird and small bird house was made by bluebird guru Steve Gilbertson of Minnesota after years of innovation and actually thousands of houses tested in the field.
It's best to put bluebird houses in large open grassy areas in your lawn. Right out in the middle of the grass is perfect. Bluebird houses must be mounted on metal poles so that the entrance hole is about 5 feet off the ground. This is an additional benefit of this nesting box design - it comes prepared to mount to a basic 1/2" electrical conduit pole and piece of half inch rebar that can be quickly and inexpensively bought at any home center or hardware shop. See the video for information.