Complete Hub Of Bluebird Resources

This is a hub page for all of our bluebird articles organized by topic. Scroll to find your topic of interest and then look for the corresponding article. If you can’t find an article you’re looking for, you can try the search function, or simply send a request.

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Most Important Resources

These are our most immediately important resources to check out. We’ve chosen these based on the popularity of the article itself, or the popularity of the subject matter. Beyond this selection, we encourage you to browse the entire page for other helpful resources.

Bluebird Housing

This is a library of articles aimed to answer all of your questions and better inform you about bluebird houses/nest boxes, including information about the different types of nest boxes, how many you can put in your yard, and so much more.

Bluebird Protection

Bluebird protection is a very very important part of hosting bluebirds. Here are all our resources to help you learn more about protecting your bluebirds, including predator guard choices for different circumstances, what kind of predators are out there, and so much more. We continue to add more as we go.

Bluebird Predator Protection

This section is dedicated specifically to bluebird predator protections – whether snakes, cats, raccoons or something else, learn all about what threatens bluebirds and the best ways to protect them under different circumstances. To keep it brief, you’ll find the best way to protect them is a very tall stovepipe baffle that is at least 8 inches in diameter and at least 24 inches tall. However, taller baffles are becoming more and more recommended.

Managing Native Competition Species

Bluebirds are cavity nesting birds, which means they only nest in tree holes and nest boxes. But there are several other native cavity nesters that also compete for nesting sites. The house wren is perhaps the most infamous. But tree swallows, chickadees and titmice are just a few other examples.

Our goal as backyard conservationists is to help all of our native birds thrive. These resources will help you learn how to manage it all. And we will keep adding to the list. And if you want to learn more about a topic you can’t find here, please let us know.

Managing Invasive Species (House Sparrows and Starlings)

House sparrows and European starlings are an invasive species in North America. They are not federally protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). They have proliferated in North American and cause a toll on our native cavity nesting birds because these two invasive birds kill native birds for their nesting sites.

To responsibly care for bluebirds or other native birds, especially cavity nesters, it is very important to become well informed about managing invasive birds. We will continue to compile more and more resources to help you along this journey.

Resources About Monitoring Bluebirds

The great thing about bluebirds is that they are very tolerant of nest box monitoring. And monitoring is very necessary.

Even better, the process has gotten more high-tech over the years with wireless cameras being added to nest boxes, so you can see what happens throughout the whole nesting cycle.

These are compiled resources about nest box monitoring and equipment that may help you.

Resources Bluebird Food and Feeding Practices

Bluebirds are very savvy bug hunters. And when they’re not eating bugs in the spring and summer, they’re filling up on berries in the winter. But there are still times it’s good to provide live mealworms. These articles are a great resource on bluebird food – how they find it, what they find to eat, and what we should do as backyard conservationists to be responsible about our feeding practices.

Resources About Bluebird Lifecycle and Facts

This section has several resources about a bluebird’s general life and general facts. Learn about migration, mating, when bluebirds lay eggs, and more. As with all of our content, we continue to add more.

Bluebird Video Library

Here is our library of helpful resources pertaining to bluebirds or caring for bluebirds. Some of these videos are broader in topic, but still are a valuable resource.