Good idea. I will experiment with Velcro for the best location.
BUT I have not had any bird go in the house.
I finally have a bluebird making a nest!
This is the house that hatched 3 broods last year.
Hopefully the starlings won’t invade.
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I told you your wife was right. 
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I hope the new babies survive. My 5 wren eggs hatched earlier this week while I’ve been out of town. I finally got to see them from the events.
Yay. I still have to post my wren vids. All 5 eggs hatched and babies doing well. The blue egg is pretty. How many eggs would you guess she’ll lay this time?
Past years have been mostly 5 eggs. Once there were 6 but after all the chicks fledged, there was a dead bird left. It looked to be the same size as the other chicks. Once there may have been only 4, but my memory is shot.
Frogtown Yappers (from top of thread) with a thirty second thread-themed intro!
Do you think she loves you?
Do you think at all? 
I visit often just for that then step lightly downthread between the eggs and sundry bird life… 
Momma has been sitting on the 4 eggs a lot. My limited experience tells me there are no more. She won’t sit on them until they are all out. If she sat on the first egg that came out before the others, one would hatch earlier and have an advantage over the other chicks.
Neighbor across the street had 2 eggs in her bluebird house. She checked the other day and the eggs were broken. She cleaned the nest but the bluebirds have not returned. It is possible momma up and moved across the street to my bluebird house, made a nest, and laid the rest of her eggs.
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Where’s Dad, down at the local Tavern or gathering up some mealworms?
His job, other than the obvious, is to fly around looking for a suitable place for the nest. Then he brings momma to each place he found, then she chooses.
Momma makes the nest. Dad brings her food while she is on the nest. He also guards the nest from other birds.
No chicks yet. The eggs are shiny, which means there is viable life inside.
That’s good new bluebird Grandpa
I like this idea. I may need to make one. Squirrels like to get in my other feeder. Did the birds find it ok with it being closed in?
This is the first year using the Sparrow Spooker on a birdhouse. No chicks have fledged yet. Still in the egg. From what I learned, the SS is to be removed after the last bird has flown the coop. Apparently the flashing Mylar strips don’t bother the chicks. We will see.
As for deterring squirrels, I have no idea if it will work. I doubt it will. You need to make your feeder squirrel proof. Lots of examples on YouTube. My preference, being in the country, is my Crossman .22 pellet gun.