Date: 4/27/26 11:46 am From: Eve Waterman via groups.io <eve.m.waterman...> Subject: Re: [hmbirds] Bluebird Box Questions
We started using that type of nesting box last season and have now switched
more boxes to this new "Gilbertson" style after good results. Supposedly
the HOSP do not prefer this new style so fingers crossed that they will
stay away from the Eastern Bluebirds and Tree Swallows who seem to like
this new design.
Eve W.
Nassau
On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 9:53 AM Alan French via groups.io <adfrench=
<nycap.rr.com...> wrote:
> I have always made and used the classic Peterson box, but am seeing a
> new trend, boxes that have, instead of a round or oval hole, a narrow
> slot, 1.25" high, between the front and the roof. This is supposed to be
> less agreeable to House Sparrows, and the extra light is also less to
> their liking (although will not completely exclude them).
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> I just wondered if anyone has tried these.
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> I also noticed a commercial box that had a little shelf at the bottom,
> made of thick coated wire formed into a upside down |_|, raising the
> nest off the floor. Is that worth doing?
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> Just thinking ahead to future builds, although there are good boxes
> available for reasonable prices and my time is getting more precious.
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> Thanks, and clear skies, Alan
> Glenville
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