I may've jinxed things a couple months ago when I said bluebirds always nest in the bluebird house in my backyard. I've seen the male bluebird trying to keep a nuthatch out of the new bluebird house (I had to replace the old one) a couple times, but I haven't seen the female. Today the nuthatch was going in and out of the house with no challenge.

Maybe it's because there's a predator baffle on the new bluebird house and the female decided that was a nope.

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Update! The bluebirds are definitely nesting nearby, because they've visited my peanut/meal worms feeder pretty much daily. They just didn't like the new bluebird house with the predator baffle. For now, the nuthatches are making good use of it at least.

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