A hole is drilled to insert the supporting post for a bird box.

A tree swallow sitting atop a claimed bird box

A typical “single dwelling” bird box.  The hole is sized to accommodate the desired specie of bird, and to deter other species.  These boxes must be cleaned out each season, or newly arrived birds will not use it

A purple martin house, which accommodates more than one bird “family.”  Purple martins are members of the swallow family and are voracious mosquito eaters.  Three of these purple martin houses were awarded by the Delaware Valley Ornithological Society to two EPAC members for their efforts in promoting bird wildlife.  The houses were erected at the Baxter Water Treatment Plant, the Southwest Water Pollution Control Plant and the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant. 

Bird boxes erected in a lagoon area.

American Goldfinch

American Kestrel

American Pipit

American Robin

Baltimore Oriole

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-crowed Night Heron

Blue Jay

Brown-headed Cowbird

Canada Goose

Carolina Wren

Chimney Swift

Common Grackle

Common Snipe

Common Yellowthroat

Double-crested Comerant

Eastern Kingbird

European Starling

Field Sparrow

House Finch

House Sparrow

House Wren

Glossy Ibis

Killdee

Laughing Gull

Mallard

Mourning Dove

Northern Cardinal

Northern Flicker

Northern Mockingbird

Rough-winged Swallow

Rufous-sided Towhee

Savannah Sparrow

Red-tailed Blackbird

Ring-necked Pheasant

Rock Dove

Solitary Sandpiper

Song Swallow

Swamp Swallow

Tree Swallow

White-throated Sparrow

Wood Duck

Yellow PalmWarbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler