Nest Box Trails for Bluebirds and Others

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• Eastern Bluebird - See description above
• Mountain Bluebird - 7.25" long, male is solid blue, female is gray with pale blue wing and tail feathers. Breed in the Western part of North America.


Western Bluebird Poster by naturalphotos

• Western Bluebird - 7" long, look very similar to Eastern Bluebird, except male has red extending to its back. Breed in the Western U.S. and just into Canada.
• Purple Martin - 8" long, male is uniformly bluish-black, female is bluish gray above and dingy gray-brown below. Breed mostly in Eastern North America, with some pockets in the west.
• Tree Swallow - 5.75" long, male has a blue-green back and white breast, female is gray-brown above and white below. Nests all over North America, except the lower southern states.
• Barn Swallow - 6.75" long, male and female have dark blue-black uppersides, male has more white underside, where female's is orange. Nests all over North America except extreme northern Canada.


Violet-green Swallow Poster by naturalphotos

• Violet-green Swallow - 5.25" long, males have multi-colored uppersides with emerald green backs, females are a drab greenish gray upper with white underside. Nests in the western United States.





• Black-capped Chickadee - 5.25" long, male and female are identical. Permanent resident in Northern North America.
• Carolina Chickadee - 4.75" long, male and female are identical. Permanent resident in the Southeastern United States.
• Tufted Titmouse - 6.5" long, male and female are identical. Permanent resident of the Eastern United States.
• Carolina Wren - 5.5" long, male and female are identical. Permanent resident of the Eastern United States.
• House Wren - 4.75" long, male and female are identical. Nests in most of North America except the lower southern states.



• Prothonotary Warbler - 5.5" long, male is golden yellow with blue-gray wings, female is similar, but more dull. Nests in the Eastern United States and Southern Canada.
• Great Crested Flycatcher - 8.75" long, male and female are identical. Nests in the Eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
• Ash-throated Flycatcher - 8.5" long, male and female are identical. Nests in the Western United States.
• Northern Flicker - 12.5" long, male and female are almost identical except male has a moustache. Nest all over North America.



• Red-bellied Woodpecker - 9.25" long, male and female alike, except female has no red on top of head. Use nest boxes infrequently, mostly as winter roosts.
• Brown-headed Nuthatch - 4.5" long, male and female nearly identical. A southern bird that will nest in boxes and often has a third family member that helps.
• Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4.5" long, male and female almost identical. It nests in the northern forests and winters in the milder regions of the central and eastern U.S.
• White-breasted Nuthatch - 5.75" long, male and female alike. It is a permanent resident in most of the U.S. except the south.


Wood Duck Postcard by naturalphotos

• Wood Duck - 18.5" long, male is very colorful with green, rusty red and gold. Female is brown with white around the eye. They readily nest in large houses placed near water.
• Bufflehead Duck - 13.5" long, male and female similar. Breeds in Canada.
• Goldeneye Duck - 18.5" long, female is more brown. Breeds in Canada.
• Hooded Merganser - 18" long, male is striking black and white and rust, female is shades of brown. Nests in Southern Canada and Northeastern U.S.


Kestrel Postcard by naturalphotos

• American Kestrel - 9" long, male has gray wings and is more colorful. Nests in most of North America except extreme southern LA and TX.



• Screech Owl - Both Eastern and Western are 8.5" long, male and female and Eastern and Western are almost identical with the Eastern being a little more brown. Ranges overlap some. They are permanet residents in almost the entire contiguous U.S.
• Northern Saw-whet Owl - 8" long, male and female similar. Breeds in Canada and extreme northern U.S.
• Barn Owl - 16" long, male and female identical. Permanent resident in much