Woodlink Wooden Bluebird House - Model BB1 7.5" x 7.25" x 13"

Good construction and great price. Mounted on7' tall 3/4" black pipe. Looks good.

Ok, folks, Changing my review to 5 stars! I figured out the pilot hole problem, and I hope the company adds this to their directions. I used a screw gun in REVERSE to unscrew the two screws holding the door on (probably any hand screwdriver will work), and removed the door. That gave me perfect access to the interior pilot holes, and voila, 10 seconds later I was done, mounted, bluebirds flying overhead to see what was going on, no kidding. I had to carefully match the outer holes to get the door back on, but no big deal, just mark the edges somehow with a pencil. The wood is soft enough that it will go back in easily even if you miss the original hole. So, this totally changes my review below,& I will order a few more to replace some older handmade ones that are falling apart.Bird House seems well constructed, and easy to clean. I agree with other users, the second screw inside the box is too high up compared to the swivel door to actually get inside the box to screw it onto a post. Have not put it up yet because of this little glitch. Other than that, I think this is a great bluebird box.

Can complete including instructions on best placement for bluebirds. Is well made

It came assembled, but no pre drilled holes or screws to put it up. I put it up and added a squirrel baffle. Tree swallows found it within a few hours. Now have a nest and eggs in it. It does not have a viewing window if that’s important to you.

I bought this to add to my backyard that already has a much loved bird feeder (see other review), bird bath, and summer raspberry patch. A hung this on a young magnolia tree (trunk is only 4-6" wide), and used and old phone cord to hang it through the roof holes securely to the trunk next to a branch that's about an inch thick. Within less than 10 minutes the resident chickadee pair that frequents the popular hanging feeder spotted it, but they ultimately did not move in....UPDATE as of 3 weeks later: A male sparrow was spotted trying to coax female sparrows to nest inside, but was unlucky. Finally, a male wren has been diligently adding twigs for weeks. I opened the box and he had woven a gorgeous thick twig burrow with a quarter-size entry, but lazy house sparrows came along and destroyed it! At nearly double the size as him, they collapsed his structure and wanted to nest on top of the 4 inches of twigs inside. I saw them bullying him and felt so bad for all of his work, so I "hatched" a plan to keep the sparrows away....I took a strong outdoor bumper sticker and cut a much smaller quarter-size 'wren' size hole in the middle....left the paper on the sticker except for 1/2" of each edge, so that the wrens won't get 'stuck' to the sticker adhesive...i stuck this over the original entry hole to the box, leaving 1/4" of the original wood entry hole exposed for gripping at the bottom. It worked! The sparrows could not fit into the hole and within a day have gone to the other neighbor's yard with the other feeders...The male wren is very happy now and has been re-building his nest inside and singing all day to attract females...I like that he is not territorial with the nest box like the chickadees that were chasing others from the nearby feeder when they thought they might move into the box....UPDATE AS OF 3 MONTHS LATER: House wren male has successfully coaxed the same female to nest in the box TWICE in rapid succession. I opened the front and cleaned it out, spraying the inside with a hose, and left it open for a few days to air out....within a week, the same territorial, effervescent male house wren returned to re-build the nest. The female, about 3 weeks after her 1st clutch fledged moved back and it happy as ever. I water proofed the house more by adding bathroom caulk around where the room meets the back (there was a gap that led to rain getting inside). I still continue to use a sticker to make the front door smaller to prevent sparrows from killing the wren babies.

The media could not be loaded. Within less than 24 hours of putting up the bluebird house we had a nesting pair! This is the first year we've done this and in the past the bluebirds would come through but not stay long. Now they have a home (in full Sun as directed) and we put up a mealworm feeder, which they love.

I bought these for bluebirds and tree swallows and they are very well constructed. I mount these in a field by attaching a conduit footer (hardware store) to the bottom of the box with four wood screws that do not go through the floor. I get electrical conduit pipe and cut it into 6 foot lengths. This gets placed in an old paint bucket of concrete, which is buried in my field. It's pretty simple really. Once the concrete is buried you attach the box. As you can see in my photos I add perches which they seem to like.A note about house sparrows. This box is NOT sparrow resistant, none of them are. I've tried PVC and slot-type boxed and house sparrows with attempt to use them all. They tried nesting in these as well but I trapped them with an in box trap and removed them (Google Van Ert traps). House sparrows are a non-native invasive species that will attack and kill our native bluebirds, chickadees, and tree swallows. They are not protected by law. Once the house sparrows have been removed tree swallows and bluebirds moved right in! They've built nests and once the female starts egg sitting I will attach a sparrow spooker which helps deter sparrow "invasions". I remove this after the little ones have fledged. If you're not prepared to take these steps you might just end up with house sparrows or end up with in box carnage.UPDATE: I've added a picture of the box with a "sparrow spooker" attached to it. These can ONLY put be put up after egg laying begins and must be taken down after the young ones leave the nest. Google for proper directions.As you can tell being a bluebird landlord is quite a bit of work but it's only one month a year and it's rewarding to help our native species. Feel free to ask any questions.UPDATE March 2023: ordered 4 more of these and the backs are split and they make the roof from 2 pieces of wood so they won’t be water tight. What was once a great item is now almost unusable.

My mom loves them and my dad thought I spent a lot of money on these due to it looking like it was made well

We have not put this birdhouse up yet but it is made well and will be easy to clean.

As advertised

should be hung out well before mating starts with the birds. Could use a perch below entrance hole

No complaints will be great for the bluebirds next spring