2022 Bluebird House #2

You’re never going to catch any fish in that thing!

What are inside dimensions on that house and on the entrance opening?
I hope the birds like it.
I like the simplicity of it.

Be well,
Mike

-- Mike in SoCal, now East Texas

I guess a sloped roof would be better, for those infrequent rains.

-- "Duck and Bob would be out doin some farming with funny hats on." chrisstef

You are going to need to do an inside checkout every day. Seems likely it’ll get full of junk mail and your neighbors credit card statements in no time 8^)

Nice latch design, should serve its purpose well.

-- "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The point is to bring them the real facts." - Abraham Lincoln

Good point, CF! The good trout stream is over a dozen miles from here.

Mike, it’s roughly 5” square inside, maybe a hair over, and between 6 and 7 inches tall. Pretty close to what bluebirds prefer.

Yeah, Duck. We’ll see how it fares in monsoon season.

Thanks, Splint. It’s far enough from the road that I think it’ll be ok. The mailman doesn’t much leave his truck.

Thanks, Tom! I’m hoping it holds up and I can use that design in the future.

-- Dave - Santa Fe

That’s a very solitary looking neighborhood.

We’re kind of on the edge of the junipers here, Bob. The door of the birdhouse is about 30’ from a juniper that was behind me as I was taking the picture, and there’s another just about 10’ to the right as you’re looking at the house.

-- Dave - Santa Fe

Nice job Dave and I especially enjoy the high teck latching mechanism – doubt if the bluebirds will notice it tho

-- Dick, Malvern Ohio - my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my toys for what I told her I paid for them

Having Bluebirds love you isn’t a bad thing Dave. :-)

A nice global, well at least USA inclusive page for anyone interested in having Bluebird neighbors. We have Eastern’s here, and they have a nice song, and people love watching them.

-- Think safe, be safe

Thanks, Dick! I was wondering if they’d end up using it as a perch. Time will tell.

Thanks, SteveN. I think, given the flock that’s been hanging out in our junipers, they’re on the way.

If we get too many more, I’ll feel like Tippi Hedren in a Hitchcock movie.

-- Dave - Santa Fe

Nice latch system.

I just drill hole from the sides into the edgeof the front, on each side, near the bottom and insert a nail. I make the hole loose enough I can remove the nail with my fingers. Those double headed temporary construction nails work and give you a protruding head to grip.

I was just cutting up some more T-1-11 scrap plywood to make more nest boxes for the swallows.

-- Les B, Oregon

Gheeeeeez I see 8 of them – have you applied for county food assistance ?

-- Dick, Malvern Ohio - my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my toys for what I told her I paid for them

Speaking of perches, do bluebirds like them? it would be easy to incorporate one.

-- "Duck and Bob would be out doin some farming with funny hats on." chrisstef

Dick, there were about 50 in that flock. It’s kinda crazy.

Duck, I think they do, but the other birds that compete with them for nesting space (or eat baby bluebirds, like our ravens do) like perches more.

-- Dave - Santa Fe