If you put up a bluebird house near an old field, orchard, park, cemetery, or golf course, you'll have good chance of attracting a pair of bluebirds.  They prefer nest boxes on a tree stump or wooden fence post between three - five feet high.  Bluebirds also nest in abandoned woodpecker nest holes.

Bluebirds have problems with animals like cats, snakes, raccoons, and chipmunks.  The easiest way to discourage these predators if you have them in your area is to mount the house on a metal pole, or a metal predator guard on a wood post.

 

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