re: Birds at your Feeder: 2024

The Bluebirds in my boxes raised 10 clutches this year, down from 15 last year. I see many of them on the powerlines and hitting the mealworms. The early Spring/late freeze aborted two clutches that I know of, and I had more pressure from House Sparrows this year than last.

Two clutches of Tree Swallows, too. Two pair raised young. They only have one clutch a year, though a pair attempted a second this year, but it didn't happen.

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Lucky you. They dont visit my feeder but my mother has a birdhouse they visit and nest in every year. Cute little birds.

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If you want to try a Bluebird house, I'm in the second year of using four of these:



I've used them along with my other, traditional Bluebird houses. I mounted mine the same, on a pole like that. They're the easiest house to monitor and clean. You just squeeze the PVC pipe and it comes off of the mount, look at the nest, and put it back. They're relatively easy to make, too, or I think some people sell them. I made mine out of scrap material I had around.

I'll be changing all of mine over to these as my other houses have to be retired.