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Originally Posted by tophcfa

Nice, but to make the bluebird house even better I would add a predator guard over/around the entry hole. I made several houses and have had them invaded by the likes of snakes, raccoons, squirrels, cats, opossums and birds of prey like hawks and owls, that find a way to enlarge the entry hole and invade the houses. Also putting some monofilament fishing line around to entry hole, to mimic a spider web, will help keep sparrows from invading the house. The poor bluebirds just want to be left alone, but have many predators after them, as well as sparrows that want to invade their home and kick them out. That being said, all the houses I built were put out up north, hopefully they have a less stressful predator life in the Villages?

I been experimenting with escape hole on side at top back locations I have been using 2x4 predator guard over most my boxes the extra thickness limits reach and makes it very hard for other birds bigger than BB to get in box.