In total, 379 nest boxes were reported to be used by swifts in 87 different locations in Suffolk last year, the group said. The group added that in 2023 about 263 boxes were used across 79 ...

So between broods, evidence says to clean out the boxes as soon as birds fledge. At the end of the season, however, another study by W. H. Davis and colleagues (1994) found that bluebirds ...

About a month ago I described an active nest box in my grandson’s backyard. A pair of tufted titmice had built a nest and incubated and hatched five eggs. I promised an update on the nest’s ...

5 birds that love boxes — nest boxes, that is. March 31, 2019 at 12:00 a.m. by Keith Sutton ...

Feathers surroundtree swallow eggs ina nest box.(Photos byMichael Givant) On a recent visit to Bethpage State Park, I went with Kathy Wegman, a retired environmental horticulturist, as she checked ...

Birds will indeed use nest boxes to roost in during the winter. If you’d like to provide a cozy roost for them, I recommend placing a couple of inches of natural (no preservatives added) wood ...

Nest boxes provide safe spaces for cavity-nesting birds to hatch their broods. A middle school curriculum has been developed in Wisconsin to help students learn about wetland ecology and nest ...

DALLAS — Bill Williams hammered a few nails and, in no time at all, built a house. He expects the inhabitants to move in this spring. With the beginning of spring a month or so away, winter is a ...

Cleaning out bird boxes and letting the birds “start fresh” each nesting season doesn’t hurt; if anything, it helps! Old nesting material can rot or decompose, and may hold parasites like mites.

Nest boxes have the added advantage of excluding starlings if the entrance is 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Boxes can increase the local bluebird population and offer many hours of enjoyment.

Phyllis Smith with NC Cooperative Extension joined us this afternoon to talk about bluebirds and bluebird boxes and what you need to know to provide them a safe place for a nest.

On a recent visit to Bethpage State Park, I went with Kathy Wegman, a retired environmental horticulturist, as she checked bluebird and tree swallow nest boxes. Bluebirds At the first bluebird ...