If you want to attract bluebirds to your yard, building them the perfect birdhouse or nesting box is the best plan of action.

Volunteers at Maybury State Park keep an eye on bluebird nesting boxes, watching for predators, counting eggs and fledglings.

Yes, the Bluebird population took a major nosedive in the mid-20th century and started rebounding in the 70s and 80s due to the placement of nest boxes.

With the addition of nesting boxes in neighborhood backyards and parks, Eastern bluebirds now nest in all 83 counties in Michigan, Hagemeister said.

They will out-compete bluebirds for nesting sites and can even kill the bluebirds! If you see house sparrow activity around a nesting box, clean out the nest before they lay eggs.

Object Details Description This nest box was used in bluebird conservation efforts by Cathy Hindman, a volunteer with the Virginia Bluebird Society and the group’s president at the time the box was ...

Nest boxes help many species of birds, including eastern bluebirds, tree swallows and wood ducks, by providing protection during nesting season.

One of the most important things to remember to help the bluebirds is to stop the invasive non-native house (English) sparrows from nesting in those bluebird nest boxes.

Despite conveniently nesting in manmade nest boxes, there are still lots of areas to study for Eastern bluebirds.

Both have spread all over North America, sometimes displacing native cavity nesting birds like bluebirds. Raccoons, snakes and opossums are also threats if they can get into or reach inside the boxes.