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Post by timberdoodle on Mar 8, 2016 9:08:45 GMT -5
Put up ten boxes yesterday and on this mornings walk saw two males sitting on one box (not that there's anything wrong with that) but I don't want the neighbors talking... badday
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Post by greyphase on Mar 19, 2016 6:17:20 GMT -5
I built 9 boxes this winter. I've gotten half of them up and must get busy getting the rest out. I really enjoy checking them through the year. Have gotten Bluebirds, Tree Swallows, and Chickadees to use them. Hoping for Nuthatches and Titmice some day.
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Post by GlennD on Mar 19, 2016 7:06:48 GMT -5
I have read, bluebird boxes need to be about 100 yards apart. The males are territorial. However, a tip I got from a WCO several years ago works like a charm. Put two boxes back to back. The Bluebirds will use one side, and Tree Swallows will use the other. They tolerant each other pretty well. Works for me.  |
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Post by dennyf on Mar 19, 2016 7:42:25 GMT -5
No action here yet, but about a month ago a "swarm" of them showed up and stayed for an hour or two. Just passing thru, be my guess?
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Post by bowbum on Mar 19, 2016 9:36:35 GMT -5
I used to put two boxes on a board separated by about 18 inches. We had swallows and blue birds in them at the same time. When they rotted away, I never replaced them. Now, I have more than a dozen blue bird boxes around the place. Most of them within 50 yards of each other and a couple within 20 yards. We have a nesting pair right now and another pair that seem to be ready to nest, in a box about 75 yards from the first pair. I noticed on our trip to Middle Creek last spring that the PGC had blue bird boxes 20 - 50 yards apart.....? Here, nest building on February 21st.  |
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