Bird Box Resources

Support beneficial birds on the farm and gain valuable pest control services. Build or buy bird boxes at the links below. And then find out which bird is using your box once it moves in.

Songbird Box

Download Eastern Songbird Nest Box Plans (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Download Western Songbird Nest Box Plans (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Purchase a Songbird Box (recommended retailer)

How to Assemble a Box:

Songbird nest box can be used by the following birds:

• Western or Eastern Bluebirds
• Tree and Violet-green Swallows
• House and Bewick's Wrens
• Chestnut-backed, Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees
• Oak and Tufted Titmice
• Pygmy, White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches. 

Use Our Handy Chart to help determine which bird is using your box:

• What and Where Beneficial Songbirds Eat and Nest for Western states
• What and Where Beneficial Songbirds Eat and Nest for Minnesota/Wisconsin

Barn Owl Box

Download Barn Owl Box Plans (WFA Resource)
Purchase a Barn Owl Box (recommended retailer)

American Kestrel Box

Download American Kestrel Box Plans (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Purchase an American Kestrel Box (recommended retailer)