Unconventional home for bluebirds.

[Faulkner]

I have always been led to believe that eastern bluebirds where picky about the type, location, and even color of bird house they would build in. For years I've had several nesting pair around my place in the conventional bluebird houses I've mounted on posts for them.

I hung this odd bird house in a cypress tree in my backyard and a pair of bluebirds have claimed it as their own.

 

[vonn]

Have one of them that hangs around my shop but I have no idea of where it nests. Sits on the top strand of barbed wire and watches inside the shop regularly. Very attractive birds.

 

[Watchdog]

I love this. Fantastic detail and color.

 

[jdlii]

Beautiful birds and a pleasure to host! I just cleaned out the "blue bird" house yesterday, let it dry out all day today, reassembled and hung up for the next tenant.

Watching the parents feed the young is, in and of itself, exhausting! Good thing I have to good to work, otherwise I could watch them all day.

 

[keithpip]

Bluebird Nest

I remember helping my son make a bluebird box when he was in Cub Scouts. The box had very specific dimensions particularly the center hole. It had to be a certain diameter, not too big or too small. Too small and they couldn’t get into the box. Too large and predators could get in. Anyway if the box wasn’t just right they wouldn’t use it. So here’s the latest family that has taken up residence in my newspaper box. I think this is the third time they’ve done this. Stopped my newspaper subscription years ago.

 

[Faulkner]

I remember helping my son make a bluebird box when he was in Cub Scouts. The box had very specific dimensions particularly the center hole. It had to be a certain diameter, not too big or too small. Too small and they couldn’t get into the box. Too large and predators could get in. Anyway if the box wasn’t just right they wouldn’t use it. So here’s the latest family that has taken up residence in my newspaper box. I think this is the third time they’ve done this. Stopped my newspaper subscription years ago.

Apparently bluebirds are not as picky about their dwelling place as we have been led to believe.

 

[Sistema1927]

Bluebirds? Are they happy?

 

[Jessie]

I remember helping my son make a bluebird box when he was in Cub Scouts. The box had very specific dimensions particularly the center hole. It had to be a certain diameter, not too big or too small. Too small and they couldn’t get into the box. Too large and predators could get in. Anyway if the box wasn’t just right they wouldn’t use it. So here’s the latest family that has taken up residence in my newspaper box. I think this is the third time they’ve done this. Stopped my newspaper subscription years ago.

We have the same thing but with Carolina wrens. Scared the dickens out of me the first time I saw it. I was reaching for the mailbox above the wooden newspaper box and it blew out of there like it was on fire.
I’m sure the mail lady has experienced it also.

 

[hoc9sw]

I fondly remember the Bluebird Lady, who kept up all the houses between North Little Rock and Conway. She was dedicated to the birds.