Blue Bird Box Kit ( and Matted Print )

Enjoy making your own Blue Bird Box and help give the Eastern Blue Bird a nesting home. This kit includes: wood, nails and directions. 

Eastern Bluebirds live in open country around trees, but with little understory and sparse ground cover. Original habitats probably included open, frequently burned pine savannas, beaver ponds, mature but open woods, and forest openings. Today, they're most common along pastures, agricultural fields, suburban parks, backyards, and golf courses.

Blue Bird Facts:

-Nesting occurs from March through August. The female will incubate four to six eggs.
-Bluebirds may raise two and sometimes three broods per season. Pairs may build their second nest on top of the first or they may nest in an entirely new site. The male continues to take care of the recently fledged young while the female begins to re-nest.
-Males may carry nest material to the nest, but they do not participate in the actual building. They spend much time guarding their mates to prevent them from mating with other males.
-Bluebirds have no blue pigments in their feathers. Instead, each feather barb has a thin layer of cells that absorb all wavelengths of color except blue. Only the blue wavelength is reflected, resulting in their blue appearance to our eye.
-Unpaired male bluebirds may sing up to 1,000 songs per hour; they average 400-500.
-Bluebirds can fly at 45 miles per hour if necessary.
-They consume about 12 percent of their body weight per day. This is equivalent to a 200-pound human eating 24 pounds of food each day.
-A bluebird can spot caterpillars and insects in tall grass at a distance of more than 50 yards.

This item requires in person pick up. Pick up dates are - Monday February 22nd and Wednesday February 24th from 10-4pm at 117 Ridge Rd, Hollis NH 03049 - The Spear Room

* Arrangements can be made for alternative pick up dates/times by emailing bkellner@bbanature.org