When nesting has begun, I visit the boxes more frequently — weekly or biweekly — to ensure successful nesting. After the male selects a suitable site, the female will accept the site.

Many backyard birds will not use a birdhouse or nest box, ... wear a mask and wash the house with soap and water. ... Nesting birds are rewarding to watch.

Be sure to wear gloves and face protection. If the nest box is particularly messy, you can clean it with soap and water, or a diluted solution (10-to-1) of bleach and water.

Now is the time when, with one box, you can rock your world. Your age, background or experience in nature makes no difference. Do this one time and it will not only change the world, it will ...

I tend bluebird boxes for the golf club, with some of the boxes near the pond. That is where I heard the chatter a kingfisher so often makes in flight. The bird was flying to the maintenance yard.

There are three owl species in Indiana that could use more nesting boxes: the barn owl, barred owl and Eastern screech owl. Here's what to do.

Cleaning your bird nest box. To prevent your bird nest box harbouring parasites including fleas, remove old nesting material in autumn and swill the box out with boiling water, then dry thoroughly ...

Crews moved the nest from the transmission tower to a new nesting box in early 2015. The box is approximately four feet by four feet and around 70 feet high.

Unlike most of Birdfy’s feeders, the Netvue Birdfy Smart Bird House’s nesting box is made of wood — fir, to be exact. Fir is not a particularly weatherproof wood, like cedar is. So before ...