Friday, October 21, 2011

Better Birdhouse Location

This is my weekend to winterize my bird houses.  While performing this seasonal maintenance I realized that two of my boxes have not been used for two nesting seasons.

I can talk and write all about proper next box location but I am not the chickadee, titmouse, bluebird or other cavity nesting bird making the final decision.  While I may not understand why the nest box location I choose is not perfect, I can take the hint.  So if a bird house goes two seasons without being used, it is time to move it to a new, "perfect" location.  I always put out more houses than will be used, but that gives the birds more choices and results in more of them nesting in my yard.

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