A starter kit for creating your own wildlife habitat in your backyard!

Package Includes:

• Do not mow or spray habitat sign - Natural Wildlife Habitat sign with predrilled holes for easy hanging, 9" x 12".
• Backyard Wildlife NWF Book

• Handmade Nesting Box for Eastern Bluebirds with sized restrictor plate - box dimensions = 5 1/2" x 13" x 5 1/2"

Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and other Backyard Wildlife will show you how to fill your yard or garden with the sights and sounds of nature. In this bestselling book, Naturalist David Mizejewski uncovers the basic elements of habitat you can provide that the local birds, butterflies, bees, and a whole host of other wonderful wildlife neighbors need for survival.

Eastern Bluebirds begin looking for nesting sites in South Carolina in early February. Bluebirds prefer an open area, as they like to sit on the top of the box and look in all directions. Boxes should face the morning sun, and be at least 300 ft apart. Bluebirds will nest 2-3 times during a season, so be sure to clean out the nesting material after fledglings have left the nest. A single screw can be removed from these boxes for easy cleaning.

It is very important to take measures to keep predators away from the nest. Boxes should be mounted on a metal pole so that the entrance hole is 5 ft from the ground.

Item available for free pick up at the SCWF office in Columbia. Some limited delivery options available. Email [email protected] if you have any questions.