Blue Bird House

The blue bird is a lovable bird with singing abilities. In wild they mainly reside in areas of open oak woodland. They are also found in low elevated pine regions of Canada. They prefer to nest in cavities that can be either natural or man made. In recent times the bird is quite rarely found and it is almost in the verge of extinction as the bird is facing difficulty in competing with the hostile environment. The natural cavities which can be suitable for them to nest are gradually becoming scare. Even the ones that are available get occupied by the house sparrows and the starlings. Man-made blue bird house is perhaps a good way of conserving the population of this brilliantly colored bird.

If you are interested to construct a blue bird house, you may take the help of the following steps of making a blue bird house:

• Mount a wooden box on a hinge with good drainage provisions. The box must have holes of one fourth inch diameter at its bottom.
• The edges of the front part of the nest must be shorter that its back side edges so that the roof is attached to the edges in a slanting way. Roof must ideally be slanting as this evades the rain or snow to stand on the roof top.
• The gap that is formed by the upper part of the box due to the slanted roof would act as ventilation.
• The hole must not be quite big enough to allow the starlings and other dominating birds to kill the blue birds and occupy their house. The hole that should be drilled should be a diameter of around one and half inch.
• In case woodpeckers or animals like squirrels manage to drill the hole bigger in size, replace the entrance panel with a new one.
• You may or may not paint but in case you want a colorful blue bird house, coat the house with light gray or any related tanned color. Do not paint the inside of the box as that can be toxic for the bird residing inside. The following are certain factors that you have to keep in mind while mounting the box to a pole.
• The blue birds can make the artificial home as their natural habitat if they are properly located. The box should ideally be mounted on at least 6 feet high box. The front of the box must be close to a tree branch or a bush.
• Since the bird is territorial in nature and you are willing to put up more than one box for the birds, you are recommended to keep them at least 100 yards apart.
• Clean the box in the month of February every year. After the birds fly away clean the house properly in order to attract them again for their second or third time brooding session.

The birds start brooding during early March and are capable of breeding for three rounds every year. They prefer to reside in open woody countryside and as a result of which blue bird houses that are placed in the locations like golf courses, cemeteries, and farm lands are easily able to attract the bird.

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