Boy bird house architecture

Chapter 6: The Bluebirds.

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This practical guide explains how to build and maintain nesting boxes for common native birds, describing which species readily use artificial homes and the design features that attract them. It covers suitable materials, exterior finishes, precise box dimensions, placement and mounting, feeding devices, and seasonal care, and includes detailed plates and drawings of proven house types for bluebirds, robins, wrens, woodpeckers, nuthatches, swallows, titmice, and chickadees. Instructions for organizing school or community bird-house contests and exhibits are also provided.

The Bluebirds.

The eastern bluebird is a common inhabitant of all States east of the Rocky Mountains from the Gulf of Mexico to Southern Canada.

In the Mississippi Valley it winters as far north as Southern Illinois, and in the East as far as Pennsylvania. It is one of the earliest northern migrants and everywhere is hailed as a harbinger of spring.

Fig. 3. Chickadee Feeding.

Domestic in habits, it frequents orchards and gardens and builds close to human habitations.

Fig. 1 shows a bluebird at the entrance to an artificially hollowed tree trunk, feeding its young. Fig. 2 shows another bluebird about to enter a bird box.