Ray's Woodworking
Woodworking Bird House Chart
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Interior Floor Space |
Diameter of Entrance Hole |
Center of Entrance Hole to Floor |
Depth of Cavity |
Height of Box Placement |
BLUEBIRDS (Eastern and Western) |
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| 5x5" | 1-1/2" | 7" | 8-9" | 5-15' |
CHICKADEE (black-capped, Carolina, Boreal, and chestnut-backed) |
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| 4x4" | 1-1/8" | 6-8" | 8-10" | 8-15' |
FINCH (house) |
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| 6x6" | 2" | 4" | 6" | 8-12' |
FLYCATCHERS (great crested, olivacous, Western, and ash-throated) |
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| 6x6" | 2" | 7-8" | 8-10" | 8-20' |
NUTHATCHES (red- and white-breasted) |
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| 4x4" | 1-1/4" | 6" | 8" | 12' |
OWL (barn) |
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| 10x18" | 6" | 7" | 15-18" | 12-18' |
OWL (screech) |
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| 8x10" | 3-1/4" | 12" | 16-18" | 12-30' |
OWL (barred) |
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| 13x15" | 8" | 9-10" | 16" | 10-30' |
OWL (saw-whet) |
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| 7x7" | 2-1/2" | 12" | 12-15" | 15-20' |
ROBIN (American) |
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| 7x7" | open on three sides | 8" | 6' | |
SWALLOWS (barn) |
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| 6x6" | open on three sides | 6" | 8-12' | |
SWALLOWS (purple martin) |
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| 6x6" | 2-1/2" | 2-1/2" | 6" | 15-20' |
TITMICE (plain, tufted, and bridled) |
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| 4x4" | 1-1/4" | 6" | 6-8" | 6-15' |
WARBLER |
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| 5x5" | 1-1/8 - 1-1/2" | 6-8" | 8-10" | 4-6' |
WOODPECKER (downy) |
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| 4x4" | 1-1/4" | 6-8" | 8-10" | 12-15' |
WOODPECKER (flicker) |
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| 7x7" | 2-1/2" | 14-16" | 16-18" | 6-20' |
WOODPECKER (gold-fronted and hairy) |
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| 6x6" | 1-3/4 - 2" | 9-12" | 13-15" | 8-20' |
WOODPECKER (red-headed and red-bellied) |
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| 6x6" | 2" | 9-12" | 12-15" | 12-20' |
WRENS (Bewicks and house) |
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| 4x4" | 1-1/8" | 5-1/2" | 7-8" | 6-10' |
WRENS (brown-throated) |
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| 4x4" | 1" | 3-1/2 - 6" | 6-8" | 6-10' |
