Protect your bluebirds

using predator guard for bluebird house.

Blue birds are very delicate birds. That’s why it’s important to use a predator guard for bluebird house. Blue birds have predators both on the ground and in the air, so a bluebird house should be protected in a different ways. 

Let’s start with predators in the air and how to protect a bluebird house from them.

 The number one enemy of the bluebird is the house sparrow, also known as the English sparrow. Yes, they may look like cute little birds, but they are actually very aggressive. If sparrows find a suitable nest box that the bluebird has already occupied, they will take over the bluebird’s nest box and destroy its eggs or chicks.

Many people have encountered this problem and found various solutions to keep sparrows away from the bluebird house. Here some interesting sparrow resistant tips.

First: Studies show that sparrows do not favor PVC birdhouses. It is not yet clear why sparrows do not choose to build nests there. However, PVC birdhouses are perfect for bluebirds. Here are instructions on how to build a PVC bluebird house.

Second: Sparrows are averse to sunlight entering a birdhouse. An interesting solution to allow more light into the bluebird house is to create a skylight. Drill a 10 cm diameter hole in the roof of the birdhouse and cover it with transparent plexiglass. This keeps the birdhouse dry while providing an amount of light that is unappealing to sparrows. Bluebirds, on the other hand, are not bothered by sunlight and are happy to nest there.

Here are instructions: How To Make Skylight On Bluebird house

Woodpeckers and starlings are also enemies of bluebirds. Since these birds are larger than bluebirds, it is easy to protect bluebirds from them. Use the metal entrance hole predator guard for the bluebird house. This metal protection prevents woodpeckers and starlings from enlarging the entrance hole. Here are some different predator guards for the bluebird house, click the picture to get it.

This video shows how quickly a woodpecker can destroy a birdhouse and kill chicks without predator guard.

Ground predator guard for bluebird

Ground predators for bluebirds include various snakes, cats, opossums, raccoons, and some other animals that can climb and potentially destroy a bluebird house.

The best guards to use are various baffles. They are easy to install and serve as excellent predator guards for bluebird houses. Here, you can find a variety of baffles and other predator guards for bluebird houses, click the picture to get it.

Here is a video about predator guard for blue bird house.

However, if you have snakes in your area, use birdhouse snake guard like in the picture below and bluebirds are safe from snakes. 

Click the picture to get this birdhouse.