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Houses & Setup

Nest boxes, hole sizes and placement from NestWatch, plus feeder hygiene and keeping birds off your windows.

Array of birdhouses mounted on a tall wooden pole under a cloudy sky

Purple Martin House: A Colony Is a Commitment

Every other nest box in this niche is a thing you screw to a post and check twice a summer. …

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Cleaning Feeders and the Disease Risk Behind It

Cleaning a bird feeder is the least appealing job in backyard birding and the one with the clearest reason behind …

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Bluebird House: Hole Size, Depth and Predator Guard

A bluebird house is one of the few things you can put in a yard where getting the details right …

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