The Vindicator

Plan nesting boxes to help native songbird

Eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis), often referred to as “harbingers of spring,” are small — about 7 inches — cavity nesters often found near meadows. A relative of the robin, this native songbird ...
Popular Science

To protect birds and motorists, engineers build a steel nest box on bridge

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Houston Chronicle

Eastern bluebirds nest in cozy wooden boxes in Texas backyards

A pair of eastern bluebirds began building a nest about four weeks ago in one of the two bluebird boxes in our backyard. They’ve nested every spring, going back nine years when my wife and I installed ...
The Conversation

Hedgehog conservation: how to make a garden nest box appealing – new research

Abi Gazzard received funding from the People's Trust for Endangered Species and British Hedgehog Preservation Society. When large patches of woodland are swallowed by urban sprawl or when households ...