How to Build a Bird House:
The Right Way

It is important to know what attracts a specific wild bird to a bird house and what assists them in providing good baby bird care.

Decorative Bird Houses

The following is a list of 10 important points on how to build a bird house or, what to look for when purchasing bird houses.

Each point about how to build a bird house will be more fully discussed on this page Building Bird Houses That Get the Movers Hired.

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Please don't be daunted by the statement made earlier that birds prefer homemade bird houses and you know you are all thumbs when it comes to hands-on projects. You can buy bird house kits from a wild bird store and have a homemade bird house.

List of Features of Good Bird House Plans

1. Studies have shown that wild birds prefer home-made bird houses that are painted in shades of tan, brown or grey.

2. Only use oil paints that are classified as safe for bird houses or latex paints (water based paints).

3. A bird house must have ventilation.

4. All bird houses must have the ability to have the old nest removed.

5. How to build a bird house with the correct size entrance hole is very important. It must be the correct size for the bird house design and the type of wild bird that it is to attract. (The measurements are given in a chart, half way down building bird houses.)

6. To install a perch or not, is a noteworthy consideration. This may prove to help predators have access to the inside of your bird house and the young baby birds before they are ready to fledge.

7. Protection from predators.

8. Drainage holes are a necessity.

9. Install a ladder on the inside. Really!

10. Use suitable building materials for building houses for birds.

• It will also be necessary to know how to build a bird house that will be used by the birds that live in the area where a bird house is to be erected. For example, building houses for Bluebirds in the suburbs of a large city would only bring disappointing results. A much more successful outcome will be achieved by hanging a Wren house in residential areas.

• It will also be essential to have knowledge of each individual species preferences for bird house design. Some birds like and require a larger cavity while others like a tight and cozy space and yet others live in family groups to raise their young to full fledge. For instance a Chickadee would not choose the same style of house as a Purple Martin.
• Decorative bird houses and elaborate bird house designs are more for pleasing people. There is nothing wrong of course, in pleasing both, the bird watcher and the wild birds.

• Buy bird house kits from a wild bird store and buy bird house plans right here on this page from Rockler.

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More About Building Houses for Wild Birds

• Who Raises Baby Birds in Bird Houses?

• Attracting Backyard Birds: Is There Another Way?

• Wild Birds Nesting Habits.

• Wild Bird Shelters

• Predators

Types of Bird Abodes

• Gourd Houses

• Roosting Boxes

• How to Build a Bird House: The Right Way

• Building Bird Houses that Get the Movers Hired

• More Good Info On Building Birdhouses

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