Birdhouses

Building wooden birdhouses is a great way to attract a variety of birds to your property, and it can also be a fun weekend project.

Here are a some things to consider when building your own wooden bird houses:

• Don't paint, stain, varnish, or treat the inside or around the hole entrance of the birdhouse, this will keep away the birds. Cedar is a good wood to build a birdhouse, it doesn't need to be painted, stained or treated.

• Avoid using a perch on the birdhouse. Putting a perch on the birdhouse will give a predator bird somewhere to sit and wait.

• Drill the proper entrance hole for the bird you are trying to attract.

Once you are done building your birdhouse, you will need to find a good place to place them. A good location would be somewhere in your property that doesn't’t have to much human activity. The bird house can be hung on a tree, or mounted to a pole or tree, usually 3 to 10 feet high.

I have added my birdhouse project here, I have put pictures of the steps to build this basic wood birdhouse. I also added a list of sites with free birdhouse plans at the bottom of this page.

How to build a birdhouse

Sites with free birdhouse plans

Build a better birdhouse
This shed-roof birdhouse, sized for small birds such as wrens, chickadees, and bluebirds, incorporates bird-friendly characteristics Sunset

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Building a Birdhouse
Building a birdhouse is a perfect activity for adults to share with their children or grandchildren. It can be used to teach about birds, as well as the proper use of tools. Lowes

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Build a birdhouse that any feathery friend would be proud to live in Better Homes and Gardens

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How to Build a Hanging Birdhouse
In addition to birdbaths and feeders, birdhouses are an essential part of attracting birds to your garden. Free birdhouse plans from Black and Decker

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