Wildlife Gardening: Roosting Boxes, 1 by wrightie

wrightie wrote:
My husband built a roosting box as a Christmas present for me; I found some generic plans on the internet and gave them to him to build. I'm not even sure what type of birds this box is meant to attract. In any case, for those of you with roosting boxes, did you find that it took very long for the birds to discover it? Did you do anything special to get them to use it?

Mine is hanging about 10 feet off the ground, South-facing, on a mature Oak tree within view of my bird feeders and a bird bath. Is there anything else that I should do? (It is made of pine and is not treated with any paint or stain)