Nest Boxes

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General Plans

• Bird Baths - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (Adobe .pdf file)
• Nest Structures for Ducks and Geese - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
• Woodworking for Wildlife - Missouri Dept of Conservation
• Nest Box Plans - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
• Wildlife Homes and Feeders - Michigan Dept of Natural Resources

Eastern Bluebird

• Bluebird House - UK Cooperative Extension
• Bluebird House - Ohio Dept of Natural Resources
• Nest box plans - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
• Bluebird House - Missouri Dept of Conservation
• Nest box plans - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (Adobe .pdf file)
• Nest box plans - Iowa Wildlife Bureau

Mourning Dove

• Nesting structure - Maryland Department of Natural Resources
• Nesting structure - North Carolina Cooperative Extension (Adobe .pdf file)

Wren House

• Nest box plans - Ohio Dept of Natural Resources
• Nest box plans - Missouri Dept of Conservation
• Nest box plans - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Tree Swallow

• Nest box plans - Ohio Dept of Natural Resources

Screech-owl

• Nest box plans - Missouri Dept of Conservation
• Nest box plans - Ohio Dept of Natural Resources

Barn Owl

• Nest box plans - Missouri Dept of Conservation

American Kestrel

• Nest box plans - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
• Nest box plans - Missouri Dept of Conservation
• Nest box plans - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Woodpecker

• Nest box plans - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Purple Martin

• House plans - Ohio Dept of Natural Resources
• House plans - Missouri Dept of Conservation
• Gourd plans - National Wildlife Federation

Wood Duck

• Nest box plans - Ohio Dept of Natural Resources
• Nest box plans - Missouri Dept of Conservation
• Nest box plans - Ducks Unlimited
• Nest box plans - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Canada Goose

• Goose nesting platform plans - Kansas Wildlife & Parks (Adobe .pdf file)

Bats

• Box plans - Missouri Dept of Conservation
• Box plans - Bat Conservation International
• Box plans - National Wildlife Federation
• Box plans - Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources
• Box plans - Maryland Department of Natural Resources
• Box plans - Pennsylvania Game Commission

Squirrel

• Box plans - Missouri Dept of Conservation

Bees

• Box plans - National Wildlife Federation

Toads

• Toad house - National Wildlife Federation

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