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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.
To many the robin is the most cherished of birds and is found throughout the States east of the Great Plains, and is represented farther west and south by slightly different sub-species. It breeds far north through Canada, and is found even in Alaska. It is quite fearless and will occupy a bird shelf close to human habitation. The robin, however, refuses the enclosed house and therefore the front and one side should be made open.