Making Bird-Friendly Birdhouses: Instructions and Plans for 15 Specific Birds, Including Bluebirds, Wrens, Robins & Owls (Fox Chapel Publishing) Create Nest Boxes, Bat Houses, a Winter Roost, and More

Build birdhouses that your backyard birds will love! 15 projects and patterns for woodworkers to make practical birdhouses, bat houses, nest boxes, and more Step-by-step instructions with full color photos and helpful tips to constructing safe, useful nest boxes Right-sizing a birdhouse , the size of the opening, when to add a perch, and what color to use to make the right birdhouse for the right bird Create a haven for birds in your outdoor space, with high-quality plans, colored distribution charts, mounting details, and more

As popular as birdhouses are, many are designed with aesthetics in mind, rather than the bird's preferences, needs, and safety. Not so for the projects in Making Bird-Friendly Birdhouses !

Inside this book, lifelong birder Mel Bird Man Mel Toellner and pro woodworker Matt Maguire walk you step-by-step through more than 15 projects for safe birdhouses that birds find conducive to their natural nesting habitats.

The book beings with a comprehensive introduction on why birdhouses are so important, and why each birdhouse should be created with a specific bird in mind, such as bluebirds, wrens, chickadees, or owls. With additional sections on distribution maps, detailed plans, mounting instructions, habitat competition, and tips on attracting birds to your yard, it has everything you need to create a successful backyard haven for your winged friends.

Projects include: Bluebird & Tree Swallow Nest Box Chickadee, Nuthatch & Titmouse Nest Box House Wren & Bewick's Wren Nest Box Carolina Wren Nest Box Robin, Dove & Phoebe Nesting Shelves Flicker Woodpecker Nest Box Bat House (Single-Chambered) Bat House (Multi-Chambered) Screech Owl Nest Box Barred Owl Nest Box Barn Owl Nest Box Purple Martin House Duck House, Pole & Baffle Winter Roost

Author Mel Toellner, founder of Gold Crest Distributing, one of the major suppliers for Wild Birds Unlimited, is known as Bird Man Mel. He is well known within the industry for his bird passion and bird education.

Create homes that the birds in your backyard will use and appreciate, with Making Bird-Friendly Birdhouses !