So much for precise bluebird nest box dimensions.
Tom Wetmore and Heidi Marcotte of Hartland, Vermont, found a brilliant use for a maple syrup jug that accidentally came too close to their evaporator and had a hole melted in it. “Moving in shortly after this housing was made available, a pair of bluebirds successfully raised a family, with little interference from water or wind,” said photographer Mary Holland. “Hard to tell which contents are sweeter, bluebirds or maple syrup.”