Noel guards are wire mesh predator guards that fit around a nest box entrance. They protect bluebirds, tree swallows and other cavity birds from racoons, squirrels, and predatory mammals. Noel guards also prevent birds of prey and crows, but they don’t stop snakes or chipmunks.
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8 Eastern Bluebird Predators and How to Protect Them
Eastern bluebird predators include raccoons, cats, squirrels, snakes, chipmunks, falcons and hawks, opossums, bears, other birds and mammals.