A few years back, we put up a bird box in the yard hoping to attract whistling ducks (we had a family pass through the yard one time). Well our first residents were a pair of blue birds and after they moved out, the following year, a pair of wrens decided to move into the neighborhood. Their family quickly grew by three young ones and we guessed that they decided they needed a larger place to stay and moved out fairly quickly.
This year has been quiet, but recently a blue bird has returned several times to possibly consider moving in, stopping by several times to see if we have made any upgrades to the place.
Well, now we are not sure his decision will be based on the house itself but rather the neighborhood. Just yesterday, neighborhood watch made it’s rounds and now we are thinking that the blue birds may not feel welcome.
Next community meeting we may need to discuss that our neighborhood watch may be a bit intimidating.