Hello all. We've noticed a good amount of Bluebirds around the neighborhood so my wife asked me to build a Bluebird house for here this afternoon. I just built one and installed it about an hour ago.
I can hardly believe....we now have 5 bluebirds fighting over it....3 females and 2 males, 4 of them were on the birdhouse itself fighting to get in. I've read that there is a need for more bluebird houses, I guess that was correct.
I built this one with 1/4" ventilation just under the roof and the side opens for cleaning. They prefer saw kerfs just under the opening for perching and you also need to put them inside for the little ones to get out. Bluebirds are territorial so the houses should not be closer then 150' apart. Hopefully more neighbors will put one up so they have enough....
