A manual-training teacher whose pupils put up some two hundred nesting boxes around their Vermont town sets out how to do it. Baxter describes the birds that will use boxes, among them bluebirds, robins, titmice and wrens, and gives the sizes, openings and placing each prefers, with advice on keeping out the English sparrow and why a perch does more harm than good.
A small practical classic for young builders, teachers and anyone wanting more songbirds in the garden. Download the free EPUB.