Coveside
Eastern white pine habitats for every cavity-nesting bird in North America, built in the USA since 1991
🇺🇸 Made in USA
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Where Coveside products are made
Of the 99 products Coveside sells under its own brand, 97 carry Made in the USA or a solid eastern white pine construction statement in their own product description. That is not a badge in a footer; it is the claim repeated on almost every item the company makes, across five different kinds of product.
Bird houses, bat houses, solitary bee houses, feeders and DIY assembly kits all carry it. A bat condominium for fifty bats and a jelly and mealworm feeder are different builds with different tooling, and both say the same thing.
Coveside own storefront also stocks suet and seed from Pine Tree Farms and items from several other makers, listed under those makers names rather than its own. Being able to tell what a company makes from what it merely sells is the first thing an origin claim needs, and here the vendor field does it.
The 1991 founding, the description of the company as having manufactured a habitat for every species of cavity-nesting bird in North America, bats, bees, butterflies and squirrels, and the Christmas Cove, Maine origin of the name are all published on the Coveside About and Our Story pages. The Cincinnati, Ohio address comes from the company own privacy policy. The count of 97 Made in the USA statements across 99 own-brand products was taken directly from the Coveside product catalogue on 12 September 2026, filtered to the Coveside Conservation vendor name so that resold items from Pine Tree Farms, L.E. Sommer, Keim Outdoor Products, Prime Retreat and BestNest were excluded. No manufacturing town is stated in this profile, because the company does not publish one. The claim that the wood is sustainably grown eastern white pine is the company own description and has not been independently audited here.
The story
Coveside starts with a mosquito problem. Thomas F. Ewing owned the Coveside Inn at Christmas Cove in Maine, a house first built in the 1880s, and his guests kept complaining about being eaten alive on the porch on summer evenings. Knowing that bats eat mosquitoes in quantity, he built bat houses.
That was 1991, and the bat houses became a business. The company now describes itself as having made a habitat for every species of cavity-nesting bird in North America, along with bats, bees, butterflies and squirrels, plus a full range of feeders.
The design discipline is what distinguishes it. Coveside states that the dimensions of every habitat are correct for the individual species it is built for, and that the houses are easy to clean, easy to mount, well insulated and properly drained. Entrance hole diameter is not a styling decision in a bird house; it decides which species can use it and which predators cannot.
The material has stayed the same throughout: solid eastern white pine, left to weather to a silver grey rather than painted. The company runs from Cincinnati, Ohio today, though the name and the story it tells still belong to a cove in Maine.
Why they matter
Wooden bird houses are one of the most heavily imported categories in the garden aisle. A painted box with a hole in it is cheap to make anywhere, and most of them are. Coveside puts a made in the USA line on almost every item it builds, and it has done the unglamorous work of making the dimensions right for each species rather than making them pretty.
It is also a rare case where the company own catalogue draws the line for you. Coveside sells other makers suet and seed alongside its own habitats, and those items are listed under those makers names. A shopper, or a campaign like this one, can tell exactly which products the origin claim covers.
And the thing it makes has a point beyond itself. A correctly built bat house near a porch does what Thomas Ewing wanted it to do in 1991, and a correctly sized bluebird box excludes starlings. That is a manufacturer solving a real problem with a piece of American pine, which is most of what this campaign is looking for.
Shop Coveside products
Browse Coveside bird houses, bat houses, bee houses, feeders and mounting hardware in the Buy American Campaign store.
Frequently asked questions
Are Coveside bird houses made in the USA?
Yes. Of the 99 products Coveside sells under its own brand, 97 state Made in the USA or solid eastern white pine construction in their own product description, across bird houses, bat houses, bee houses, feeders and kits.
Where is Coveside based?
Cincinnati, Ohio. The company publishes 4000 McMann Rd, Cincinnati OH 45245 in its privacy policy. The name comes from the Coveside Inn at Christmas Cove, Maine, where the founder started the business.
What are the houses made of?
Solid eastern white pine, left unfinished so that it weathers to a silver grey. The company specifies its habitats to be easy to clean, easy to mount, well insulated and properly drained.
Does Coveside make everything it sells?
No, and it says so. Its storefront also carries suet, seed and other items from Pine Tree Farms, L.E. Sommer, Keim Outdoor Products, Prime Retreat and BestNest, listed under those makers names. The Made in the USA finding in this profile covers Coveside-branded product only.