Last year the bluebirds and the swallows competed for the nest box in my back yard, and the swallows won. There has been a bluebird pair around the box this year, but the swallows also have been swooping at it in recent days, so I decided it was time to give them each their own box. According to the Internet, bluebirds and swallows will not allow their own species to nest within 300 or 100 feet respectively, but they will tolerate each other in separate boxes within 0 (two boxes on the same pole) to 25 feet. I think this is 25-30 feet, old one on the left and new one on the right. If it doesn't work, I can move the new box to the post that is now in the middle.
Bluebirds and swallows competing today before the new box went up.
And a few other shots from the past few days.
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