Choosing height, orientation, and hole size for a bird nestbox (

Описание: In this video I’ll show how I set up my BirdFy Nest smart nestbox. I’ll go through the research I did to give myself the best change of attracting a bird to the nest box and I'll show you a bunch of good resources to figure this out for your own situation.

Things like:
Deciding which species to target
Selecting the size of the hole
How high to put the nestbox
Which direction should the opening face?
How to protect the nestbox from predators

I’ll also show you how I fabricated a conical baffle to keep critters from climbing up to the nestbox from the ground.

I found some great information sources that I used to help me through this process:

Cornell Labs has a great program called NestWatch that has every detail you would need to help you set up a nest box.
https://nestwatch.org
https://nestwatch.org/learn/all-about...

I also found a good resource to see wind direction patterns through the year, which is useful when deciding which direction to face your birdhouse:
http://Weatherspark.com

Lastly, this is a great book that a friend lent me. It also has great information about nestboxes.
Complete Birdhouse Book, The Easy Guide to Attracting Nesting Birds, Lillian Q. Stokes, Donald Stokes

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