Making Wooden Birdhouses
Wooden Birdhouses invite families of birds into your garden
Wooden birdhouses are standard fixtures in many gardens, and avid birders put out birdhouses and bird feeders with the hope of attracting their favorite feathered visitors into their backyard. Watching a pair of birds make their nest and raise a brood of babies is a very rewarding experience, especially when they raise their family in a birdhouse that you made yourself. Making wooden birdhouses is fun and satisfying hobby, combining interests in bird watching with woodworking. Many native bi...

How To Build A Screech Owl House
Give a Screech Owl a Home
The screech owl is a year round resident in nearly every state across the county. They primarily inhabit woodlands, but are also commonly found in suburban and urban areas. Like many birds which rely on tree cavities for nesting sites, loss of habitat makes it harder for screech owls to find suitable nesting sites. Fortunately, screech owls will readily move into a nest box to raise their young, and this screech owl nesting box is an easy project to make from a single 1" x 10" x 8' pine or ...

Make a Wood Duck Nesting Box
Wood Duck Nest Box Plans
As their name implies, wood ducks inhabit ponds and streams in woodland areas. Like other cavity nesting birds, wood ducks rely on finding natural tree cavities or abandoned woodpecker holes to raise their young. If natural cavities are scarce, wood ducks will readily move into a nesting box to lay their eggs. In many areas, wood duck populations have increased thanks in part to the placement of nesting boxes. Building a wood duck nesting box is an easy woodworking project. Cedar, redwood, ...

Wooden Birdhouses: Three DIY Birdhouse Plans
Three Different Birdhouse Plans
Building wooden birdhouses is a fun and relaxing hobby, and the results look great in the garden and provide the wild birds with a sheltered place to raise their young. Basically a small six-sided box, birdhouses are quick and simple to make, can be made from scrap pieces of wood and reclaimed lumber, and do not require a lot of expensive power tools. Building birdhouses is also great DIY projects for involving kids with woodworking; they can learn a few basic skills while they create a proj...