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    Nest Box

    House and Bewick’s Wrens; Black-capped, Mountain, Boreal, White-breasted


    Chestnut-backed, and Carolina Chickadees; Juniper, Black-crested, Nuthatch
    Oak, Tufted, and Bridled Titmice; Pygmy, White-breasted,
    Red-breasted, and Brown-headed Nuthatches; Prothonotary and
    Lucy’s Warbler; and Flying Squirrel

    Note: Entrance hole diameter is 1" for House Wrens, Lucy’s Warblers, Brown-headed Nuthatches,
    and Pygmy Nuthatches. Use 1 1 ⁄8" diameter for all chickadees and Bewick’s Wren.
    Use 1¼" diameter for White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Prothonotary
    Warbler, all titmouse species, and Flying Squirrel. Entrance holes 1¼" and larger
    will admit House Sparrows so only use the larger diameter in heavily-wooded
    areas where there are few House Sparrows.

    1" Two “pivot” nails allow side


    to swing out for cleaning. Increase Your
    sides pivot nail Chances of Nest
    8" 1" 8" (cut 2)
    front Box Success!
    Information on natural
    5½" 5½" history, habitat, nest
    pivot box placement, and
    nail management for
    Midwestern birds is
    5½" floor available in Woodworking
    for Wildlife. Order at
    11" back Use a nail or screw at bottom to keep minnesotasbookstore.com
    4" side closed.

    Completed Box
    5½"
    8¼" roof

    5½"

    Note: these dimensions are for ¾" thick board. Some cedar
    boards are7⁄8" thick. If so, the floor must be 3¾" wide, not 4".

    Lumber: 1" x 6" x 4'

    11" 8¼" 8" 8" 8" 4"

    back roof front side side floor

    Report your nesting birds to


    ©2009 State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources
    NestWatch.org
    Report your nesting birds to
    NestWatch.org

    How to Make a Chickadee Nest Tube


    Assembly and
    Materials Cutting Inspection
    Installation

    Lubricate inside rim


    One 4” PVC pipe, 10’ with petroleum jelly.
    (use recycled if possible)
    12 1/4” * See note below. Step 1
    Drill 1 1/8” (2.8 cm) hole, Lift upper
    1 5/8” from top.
    lower pipe
    Insert wood or plastic section.
    One 4” PVC cap
    plug into end of Rest it on
    pipe section, and cement something to
    or screw into place. keep debris
    wood or plastic out of the
    Connect coupling and petroleum jelly.
    pipe sections with PVC
    diameter of pipe cement.

    * Drill 1/4” ventilation


    holes (4) just below cap
    One 4” PVC coupling and above entrance Step 2
    hole. Lift the cap

    After cement is the nest cavity.


    72 1/4” dry, lubricate where
    (1.84 m) indicated, add wood
    PVC cement shavings to nest cavity
    and slide cap onto
    upper assembly.

    petroleum jelly Lubricate inside rim


    with petroleum jelly.
    Pound T-post
    into ground.
    duct tape Attach bottom pipe
    section with duct tape.

    The design for this nest tube was


    wood shavings
    adapted by David Bonter and Caren
    Cooper from a model developed by
    Thomas Grubb and C.L. Bronson in
    Ohio in the 1990s, as mentioned in
    the Summer 2008 BirdScope, “Looking
    for the Perfect Fixer-Upper.” In
    David and Caren’s chickadee studies
    at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
    36 1/4”
    One metal T-post, 6’ (.92 m) nest tubes were filled with
    wood shavings—studies indicate
    that chickadees prefer cavities they
    excavate themselves.
    Several long-term bluebird and
    chickadee monitors have had excellent
    return rates using PVC nest
    tubes. However, the manufacture of
    this widespread material is highly
    polluting, so we recommend building
    these nest tubes from used and
    scrap PVC when possible.

    Illustration by Susan Spear

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