How to Build a Bird House:
The Right Way

How to build a bird house that will actually be used requires a little knowledge but it is not complicated. There are a few things that will be important to know, to successfully attract birds to use a bird house.

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

Decorative bird houses can be created and still meet the basic requirements. As long as the points listed are included in the bird house design, then a winning combination of pleasing bird watchers and their feathered friends will be accomplished.

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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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 this page.)

6. To install a perch or not, is a noteworthy consideration.

7. Protection from predators.

8. Drainage holes are a necessity.

9. Install a ladder on the inside. Really!

10. Use suitable building materials for a bird house design.

More Info on How to Build a Bird House

• 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, putting up a Blue Bird house 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. For instance a Blue Bird would not choose the same style of house as a House Wren.

• 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.

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• Who Raises Baby Birds in Bird Houses?

• Attracting Backyard Birds: Is There Another Way?

• Wild Birds Nesting Habits.

• Predators

Types of Bird Abodes

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• Roosting Boxes

• How to Build a Bird House: The Right Way

• Building Bird Houses that Get the Movers Hired

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