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Floor Size |
Depth of Box | Height of Nestbox |
Entrance Hole |
Height to Hole |
Height Above Ground |
Preferred Habitat | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Kestrel | 8x8" | 16-18" | 18" | 3" | 9-12" | 10-30' | Open Fields, Farmlands and Wooded Edges | Line with woodchips |
| American Robin | 7x8" | 8" | Open Sides | Open Sides | N/A | 6-15' | Open Country with Water Nearby | Uses Shelf Nestbox Place on side of building or in tree |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | 6x6" | 8-10" | 12" | 1 3/4" | 6" | 6-20' | Semi-Arid Open Country | |
| Barn Owl | 10-18" | 15-18" | 18" | 6" | 4" | 15-25' | Farmlands, High on Barn or Large Tree | Line with 2-3" of woodchips |
| Barn Swallow | 6x6" | 6" | Open Sides | Open Sides | N/A | 8-12' | Open Country with Water Nearby | Uses Shelf Nestbox Place on side of building or in tree |
| Bewick's Wren | 4x4" | 6-8" | 12" | 1 1/4" | 4-7" | 4-10' | Open Fields and Thickets | |
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | 4x4" | 8-10" | 12" | 1 1/2" | 7" | 8-20' | Open Woods and Edges | Line with woodchips |
| Carolina Wren | 4x4" | 6 - 10" | 12" | 1 1/2" | 4-6" | 6-10' | Open Fields and Thickets | |
| Chickadees | 4x4" | 8-10" | 12" | 1 1/8" | 7" | 4-15' | Open woods and edges | Line with Woodchips |
| Common Goldeneye | 12x12" | 20" | 24" | 5" | 12-16" | 15-20' | Wooded Lakeshores and Marshes | Line with 3-4" of Woodchips |
| Common Merganser | 12x12" | 30-32" | 36" | 5" | 10-14" | 8-20' | Wooded Lakeshores and Marshes | Line with 3-4" of Woodchips |
| Downy Woodpecker | 4x4" | 8-10" | 12" | 1 1/4" | 6-8" | 6-20' | Forest Openings and Edges | Pack with sawdust for excavation |
| Eastern Bluebird | 5x5" | 8" | 12" | 1 1/2" | 6-7" | 4-6' | Open Land with Scattered Trees | |
| Great-creasted Flycatcher | 6x6" | 8-10" | 12" | 1 1/2" | 2" | 6-20' | Open Woods and Edges | If Starlings are a problem, make entrance hole 1 9/16" |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 6x6" | 12-14" | 14" | 1 1/2" | 8-12" | 12-20' | Forest Openings and Edges | Pack with sawdust for excavation |
| House Finch | 5 1/2-5 1/2" | 6-7" | 8" | 2" | 4-5" | 5-7' | Backyards and Porches | |
| House Wren | 4x4" | 6-8" | 12" | 1 1/8" | 4-7" | 4-10' | Open Fields and Thickets | |
| Mountain Bluebird | 5x5" | 8" | 12" | 1 9/16" | 6-7" | 4-6' | Open Meadows, Fields, Pastures | |
| Northern Flicker | 7x7" | 16-18" | 18" | 2 1/2" | 12-16" | 15-20' | Wooded Lakeshores, forest openings and Edges | Line with 3-4" of Woodchips |
| Osprey | 48x48" | Platform | 3 Sides | N/A | Water Nearby | Uses Platform Nestbox | ||
| Phoebe | 6x6" | 6" | Open Sides | Open Sides | N/A | 8-12' | Open Country with Water Nearby | Uses Shelf Nestbox Place on side of building or in tree |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 12x12" | 16-18" | 24" | 4" | 14-16" | 15-25' | Forests | Pack with sawdust for excavation |
| Prothonotary Warbler | 4x4" | 8" | 12" | 1 1/8" | 6-8" | 4-12' | Wooded Swamps and Streams | Mount 3-4' above open water |
| Purple Martin | 8x8" | 6" | 6" | 2 1/4" | 1" | 15-25' | Open Country near Water | Nestbox size is for one compartment |
| Pygmy Nuthatch | 4x4" | 8-10" | 12" | 1 1/4" | 7" | 8-20' | Open Woods and Edges | Line with woodchips |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 6x6" | 12-15" | 14" | 2 1/2" | 9-12" | 12-20' | Forest Openings and Edges | Pack with sawdust for excavation |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 4x4" | 8-10" | 12" | 1 1/4" | 7" | 8-20' | Open Woods and Edges | Line with woodchips |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 6x6" | 12-15" | 14" | 2" | 9-12" | 12-20' | Forest Openings and Edges | Pack with sawdust for excavation |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 24x24" | Platform | 3 Sides | N/A | Uses Platform Nestbox | |||
| Saw-whet Owl | 7x7" | 10-12" | 12" | 2 1/2" | 8-10" | 10-20' | Forest Clearings and Edges | Line with 2-3" of woodchips |
| Screech Owl | 9x9" | 12-15" | 18" | 3 1/4" | 9-12" | 10-30' | Woods, Farmlands, Orchards | Line with 2-3" of woodchips |
| Song Sparrow | 6x6" | 6" | Open Sides | Open Sides | N/A | 1-3' | Open Country with Water Nearby | Uses Shelf Nestbox Place on side of building or in tree |
| Starlings | 6x6" | 16-18" | 20-24" | 2" | 14-16" | 10-25' | Just about anywhere | |
| Titmice | 4x4" | 8-10" | 12" | 1 1/4" | 7" | 8-20' | Open Woods and Edges | Line with woodchips |
| Tree Swallow | 5x5" | 6" | 10" | 1 1/2" | 4-5" | 4-8' | Open Land near Ponds & Lakes | Nail piece of tree bark directly below entrance hole for young to climb in/out |
| Violet-green Swallow | 5x5" | 6" | 10" | 1 1/2" | 4-5" | 4-8' | Open Fields, Golf Courses, Pastures | Nail piece of tree bark directly below entrance hole for young to climb in/out |
| Western Bluebird | 5x5" | 8" | 12" | 1 9/16" | 6-7" | 4-6' | Open Meadows, Fields, Pastures | |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 4x4" | 8-10" | 12" | 1 3/8" | 7" | 8-20' | Open Woods and Edges | Line with woodchips |
| Winter Wren | 4x4" | 6-8" | 12" | 1 1/4" | 4-6" | 6-10' | Open Fields and Thickets | |
| Wood Duck | 12x12" | 20-22" | 24" | 4" | 12-16" | 8-30' | Wooded Rivers or Marshes | Mount nestbox on post 3-4' above open water |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 5x5" | 12-15" | 12" | 1 1/2" | 12-16" | 15-20' | Wooded Lakeshores and Marshes | Line with 3-4" of Woodchips |