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Basic nesting boxes are a great way to bring songbirds to your yard. But they get toasty in the summer, so it's worth making ...

In 2020, I petitioned my hometown of Richmond, B.C., to build nest boxes for tree swallows. The city agreed and we installed boxes in three parks.

When a Men’s Shed member suggested building nesting boxes for bluebirds, Pierson said the group was only too happy to take the project on. So far, the group has built 15 boxes for the club.

EALT’s nest boxes are designed for a variety of species, including chickadees, wrens, tree swallows, saw-whet owls, flickers, mountain bluebirds, goldeneyes, and bufflehead ducks.

"I love the scalability of this project. Imagine if we could get bird nest boxes into the hands of just a fraction of the 60 million birdwatchers in America," Abusow said.

Deforestation limits nesting habitat for cavity-nesting birds Nest boxes could be successful conservation strategy for some species Date: August 23, 2023 Source: University of California - Davis ...

The youngsters from St Andrew’s Primary School, Headington, have been spending their Saturdays making nest boxes to provide birds with somewhere to take refuge.

And every nest requires protection, vegetation that both conceals and cools. In short, a yard without appropriate nest sites, shelter, and available construction materials will have no nesting birds.

National Nest Box Week is organised by the British Trust for Ornithology, and is launched every year on Valentine's Day, because according to tradition this is the day when birds start pairing up ...