“What should I do to keep house sparrows from tormenting wrens and bluebirds? Should I take the birdhouses down?” asks Ruth Armstrong of Niles, Michigan. Many people love to attract nesting bluebirds.

As much fun as it is to draw birds to your yard, bird feeders, and bird bath, sometimes there are places you’d rather the birds not congregate. For some, that means keeping birds off their porch.