Category: Bluebird Houses

Sixteen years ago, I built my first bluebird house. I placed the nest box in my backyard, about 30 feet away from our dining room window. I mounted it so close to the window because I wanted to be...

If you've been attracting bluebirds to your yard for any amount of time, you've likely run into issues with house sparrows. House sparrows are a territorial and aggressive, non-native bird species in...

So, a pair of bluebirds found your nest box. Over the course of a few months they've laid eggs, raised their young, and they've finally flown away. Congrats! You're a successful bluebird landlord....

Responsible bluebird enthusiasts are usually pretty welcoming to any native cavity-nesting bird that wants to use their bluebird house. Tree swallows, chickadees, and nuthatches, for example, are all...

When I built my first bluebird house, I had no idea what type of wood to use. My dad and I just found some spare plywood from the backyard and started building! Honestly, that worked really well, but...

Whether you are buying a new bluebird house or building your own, you'll need to know a few things about the proper entrance hole size for bluebird houses. The "entrance hole" refers to the opening,...