[va-richmond-general] Re: bluebird nest boxes - question

I had always heard that bluebirds were very territorial and needed a certain
amount of space between them and their neighboring Bluebirds, otherwise they
won't nest.

Michael

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> i'm not sure about the distance but the idea is that if the bluebird is
"out-competed" for one box, then he can still occupy the neighboring box.
Intra-specific competition (between bluebirds) is intense whereas
inter-specific competition (between different species) is such that swallows
could occupy a nest box very close to a bluebird box.
>
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> If one is going to put up two Bluebird nestboxes, how far apart should
they be
> so the birds won't fight and decide that neither nest box is useable? Does
the
> concept of "out of sight, out of mind" work (i.e., hang them up on trees
on two
> different sides of a building)? Thanks!
> Michael
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