I did research and posted about the right way to hang it up once or twice right around Christmas, but mounting it never came to mind when I was outside for any period of time. It finally occurred to me to mount the bluebird house after I finished spreading the mulched leaves in the garden today.
Per my research, I mounted it a little over 6' off the ground on the east side of a tree in a relatively open part of the property. I simply used the two wood screws included the house it and ran them in with our cordless screwdriver; no pilot holes. Although, I read you can mount them as high up as 15', I wanted to be able to clean it out every year without needing a ladder. It is also near to some shrubbery for baby birds to hide in when they finally leave the nest as well as low branches and/or fencing to stand on. It's mounted it to a tree about 12' behind the pool fence. I also intend to buy and mount a few more elsewhere on the property at a later date.
I hope we're successful in attracting bluebirds to the property.
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