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Birdhouse Dimensions Guide

This document provides nest box dimensions for various bird species. It includes the floor size, box height, entrance height and size, and recommended height above the ground for each species. Dimensions vary depending on the size of the bird species. For example, robins and swallows need smaller boxes only 6-10 feet high while barred owls and woodpeckers need larger boxes up to 30 feet high. Some birds like ospreys, hawks and owls prefer open platforms to enclosed boxes.

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Birdhouse Dimensions Guide

This document provides nest box dimensions for various bird species. It includes the floor size, box height, entrance height and size, and recommended height above the ground for each species. Dimensions vary depending on the size of the bird species. For example, robins and swallows need smaller boxes only 6-10 feet high while barred owls and woodpeckers need larger boxes up to 30 feet high. Some birds like ospreys, hawks and owls prefer open platforms to enclosed boxes.

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Nest Box Dimensions from "Woodworking for Wildlife" by Carrol L.

Henderson

HEIGHT
BOX ENTRANCE ENTRANCE
SPECIES FLOOR ABOVE
HEIGHT ABOVE FLOOR HOLE
GROUND
Robin, Phoebe, Barn Swallow* 7" x 8" 8" ---- ---- 6 - 10'
Barn Owl 11 1/4" x 36" 15 3/4" 4" 6" 20 - 25'
7" x 7" with 20-30' within
Barred Owl 13" x 11 1/2" 23" 12"
top rounded 200' of water

Bluebird & Great Crested Flycatcher; 1 3/8" w x


4" x 5 1/2" 9" 6" 5 - 6'
Violet-Green and Tree Swallows 2 1/4" h

Chickadee, House Wren, Nuthatch,


4" x 5 1/2" 8" 5 7/8" 1 1/8" 4-15'
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern Flicker 4 1/4" x 7 1/4" 24" 17 3/4" 2 1/2" 10 - 20'
Osprey* 40" x 40" ---- ---- ---- 15 - 25'
Purple Martin 25" x 25" 6" 1" 2 1/4" 10 - 18'
3' x 3' chicken wire - construct cone, line with tar paper and
Red-Tailed Hawk* & Great Horned Owl* 15 - 20'
wire sticks in bottom. Place in tree crotch and wire in place.

Screech Owl and Kestrel 9 1/4" x 7 3/4" 16" 10" 3" 10-30'

Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, 4" wide x 3" 3' above


8" x 7 3/4" 24" 18"
Common Goldeneye high high water

Pileated Woodpecker, Common 4" Pileated 20-30' P


11 1/4" x 9 3/4 " 24" 17"
Merganser 6"x5" C. Merg 12-17' CM
* These birds prefer a nesting platform, not an enclosed box.

Woodworking for Wildlife by Carrol L. Henderson. Available from Minnesota State Bookstore
(book is stock number 275); 800-657-3757; www.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/books/index.html

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