The location of a bird house or food shelter has as much to do with its success as the type of food the birds eat. Birds have different notions as to proper surroundings for a dwelling.
Martins prefer to breed near houses, but not within 20 feet of trees or buildings. Martins also like to live with other Martins so a condo birdhouse would be preferred.
Bluebirds are inclined to select orchards or pastures having scattered trees.
Wrens, thrashers, and catbirds live in thick shrubbery. Robins like trees with sturdy trunks and branches.
Titmice, nuthatches, and most of the woodpeckers are woodland species, although flickers and red-headed woodpeckers are more at home among the scattered trees of roadsides and pastures.
Song sparrows frequent weedy swales and brush fences. Swallows do not enter woods so a birdhouse would be attractive to them in an open place as in another. The eastern phoebe, the black phoebe, and the house finch, while not limited to the haunts of man, are noticeably partial to them.
Crested flycatchers, screech owls, barn owls, and sparrow hawks are governed more by convenience than by taste; although normally inclined to hold aloof from man, they have in many instances reared their broods in close proximity to dwellings. Barn owls, true to their name, accept suitable quarters in buildings without hesitation. A great place to check out a vast variety of birdhouses is www.aboutbirdhouses.com.
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