HATE SPIDERS? HANG A BLUEBIRD HOUSE

Many people have tried hanging multiple bluebird houses around their gardens and houses. One lady hung them in a single tree like ornaments.  Whimsy. I hang one in my front yard and one for the back. The rest of my whimsical birdhouses are only for aesthetics, but could possibly house other species of birds between seasons of bluebird procreation.

You can hang another bluebird nesting box after a single family of bluebirds grows up and flies away.  Place it yards away from the first house you hung.  And it'd be best to have a building between each house. Why?  The Bluebird is very territorial.  Best they don't see each other hunting or just hanging around.  Nothing's coming near their nests unless the bird is from their own family.

When you see a bluebird constantly peaking in the holes of birdhouses. He's not looking in on the eggs yet. God didn't give them the ability to build a nest.  He's waiting for another bird to build. Then the bluebird squats. The initial nest builder will NOT be able to return once Mr. Bluebird has stolen that nesting box.

Many birds types love eating spiders:  wrens, woodpeckers, sparrows, chickadees, tanagers, robins, and even the hummingbird, and others. However, Lowe's sells birdhouses for the Wren and Bluebird.  Don't forget to welcome the Bluebirds to your property by serving up some black oiled sunflower seeds in a feeder. Many arachnid/bug eating birds love Black Oiled Sunflower seeds.  Costly, but they work to draw.

Thankfully, spiders are a meal favorite of this squatting blue and orange beauty. And since Joro spiders travel by floating on their webs a bluebird will catch them in flight. Thus, the Joro Spider will have a difficult time establishing a home around Bluebirds.  

                                                  Happy Shopping/Gardening.