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higher. For chickadee boxes to be hung on 

 apple trees and the sides of quiet buildings, I 

 would suggest eight to twelve feet. 



Red-breasted nuthatches usually nest in the 

 open woods and seem partial to the borders of 

 clearings. Nest boxes hung from fifteen to 

 twenty-five feet above the ground are apt to 

 suit their ideas as to proper height. A pair 

 of these birds at Dover, Mass., nested in a 

 Berlepsch nest box only seven feet from the 

 ground. 



White-breasted nuthatches sometimes like the 

 open woods but at other times seem to prefer 

 to nest in orchards or quiet gardens. For these 

 birds nest boxes hung from eight to fifteen feet 

 above the ground will be high enough. 



The little house wrens will build almost any- 

 where, but seem to have a preference for quiet 

 gardens and orchards. Nest boxes intended for 

 them may be hung on trees, arbors, pergolas, 

 porches, or the sides of buildings, and need not 

 be hung more than from eight to twelve feet high. 



Tree swallows are very easy to please and 

 properly made nest boxes hung on the exposed 

 trunks of shade trees, on tall stumps, on buildings 

 or arbors, and eight to fifteen feet above the 

 ground will be sure to please them. Nest 

 boxes intended for these birds may also be 



