[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Perfect description of my cat when a gecko gets in the lanai.

So, your cat out after dark? Only time see geckos.

[Stu from NYC]

Very good your fledging up a storm

[Happydaz]

Great job on your successful bluebird season! I am still awaiting a bluebird pair to find my newly installed house. Maybe next year.

[Topspinmo]

They’re checking out house now for 3 clutch.

[Topspinmo]

4 more eggs today.

[Topspinmo]

5 eggs and she setting now. If they fledge that will be 14 from that box this season. 23 total from my other boxes this season.

[Topspinmo]

All five hatched, now see in 18 days if more 5 fledge? One of my other boxes has 4 also. If that make it that be 31 fledged this year?

[Topspinmo]

7 days left to fledgling, still got 5.

[Happydaz]

Great job in getting your bluebirds to successfully nest 3 times! I put out my bluebird house late in the season and I have had no action yet. I added an extra box for any wrens around. Still, no takers. I put out a feeder with roasted meal worms but no luck. Next year I will put out some live meal worms sparingly and see if that brings them in. A neighbor nearby (over 1000 feet) does well with getting the bluebirds to nest so I should have some luck next year.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Happydaz

Great job in getting your bluebirds to successfully nest 3 times! I put out my bluebird house late in the season and I have had no action yet. I added an extra box for any wrens around. Still, no takers. I put out a feeder with roasted meal worms but no luck. Next year I will put out some live meal worms sparingly and see if that brings them in. A neighbor nearby (over 1000 feet) does well with getting the bluebirds to nest so I should have some luck next year.

If you’ve seen bluebirds in you immediate area and house placed facing east preferably shade in afternoons you should be able to attract them to your box eventually. I have hinged roofs on mine so I can check for mud dobbers/wasp nests every few weeks.

Only wrens I’ve seen in my area are Carolina wrens. They rarely use nesting box like house wrens use. I’ve had wren box up for 9 years with no luck attracting wrens or titmouse’s which I see around my yard weekly.

What Carolina Wrens Like For a Nesting Box | Bird Watcher's General Store

[Nell57]

Any suggestions on how to protect from predators? Twice ive had a snake eat the babies.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Nell57

Any suggestions on how to protect from predators? Twice ive had a snake eat the babies.

TRY to concock bird netting around base try to entangle the snake. This was only way I could keep them off purple Martin houses when I had them. Snake can climb right up metal pole.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzxNIKFSLBM

[Topspinmo]

Hit day 14, any day now expect the 5 to fledge. For those who have questions or problems with housing maybe this will answer some of them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5mhvl98KAk

[Topspinmo]

All five are gone now, 2 fledged yesterday, and 3 today. O happy days!

[Topspinmo]

Now that season over redoing and some upgrades on my houses. Will put them out around 1 of November.

Added entry extension’s, hinged roof, shingled roof, view vent holes, and wire mesh screen to bottom kept nest up off floor. Had one house with double nest and was wet with all rain. Resealed gaps and cracks along with shingling roof which was split so hopefully that takes care of water problem?

Still got 2 more to do.

All of these was made from 4 6x8x1 boards from Lowe’s.