birdhouses

[H20fwler]

How do you mount them, other than facing east? Are they on field edges? Mounted on t-posts? How high off the ground?

I think I'll go ahead and build a few this summer. My parents have taken to feeding and watching birds in the winter. I'd like to put winterberry and beautyberry shrubs outside the windows and see if that offers some winter interest.

Most of ours are mounted on T posts, attached with stainless steel wire, they are probably 4’-5’ off ground.
At our house they are around the edges of property and along the orchard.
At the big woods along edge of property and down the middle of pasture. Most are probably 40 to 50 yards apart.
I’ve even attached a few right to the wire cages on fruit trees.

Edit; Let Darcy out for a quick frigid run on this fine morning and snapped a couple pics.

 

[fishin coyote]

I have and maintain 30+ bird boxes. Ranging from small chickadee/wren houses up to wood duck and owl boxes. Most are bluebird boxes. Aesthetically I like Peterson style boxes but have made them in all shapes and forms. As far as mounting I don’t have a preference Tposts , telephone poles , trees, ect. all work. I also tend to put more boxes in an area then recommend unless I’m using power poles along farm fields that way it lessens the competition. Like H2O I use wire to mount them when possible

 

[Telemark]

Most of ours are mounted on T posts, attached with stainless steel wire, they are probably 4’-5’ off ground.
At our house they are around the edges of property and along the orchard.
At the big woods along edge of property and down the middle of pasture. Most are probably 40 to 50 yards apart.
I’ve even attached a few right to the wire cages on fruit trees.

Edit; Let Darcy out for a quick frigid run on this fine morning and snapped a couple pics.

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Is the extra bit around the hole to discourage woodpeckers?

Does some part of it have a hinge for cleaning?

 

[KY wild]

How do you mount them, other than facing east? Are they on field edges? Mounted on t-posts? How high off the ground?

I think I'll go ahead and build a few this summer. My parents have taken to feeding and watching birds in the winter. I'd like to put winterberry and beautyberry shrubs outside the windows and see if that offers some winter interest.

I drive a T post in the ground like 4 to 5 feet above ground, slide a pvc pipe over T post leaving top 15 inches or so of T post uncovered with PVC. I then wire the bird box to the T post, also setting it on top of the pvc (very cheap and quick way to mount. Like H2O bottom pic but with PVC over it, keeps out next robbers better but the birds will use either way but plastic does its job usually. Make hole 1.5 inches for blue birds and look up box dimensions. Bluebirds don't like to be in the woods, so out in the open works best. I also get close to 100% use