So you want to install custom built bird houses on your property to match your house, barn, shed, or maybe your lake house. The real question should be is what do the wild birds want? More importantly what do the wild birds need? Is there a way to make a cute looking bird house and also make it functional for the birds?
The vast selection available allows the bird lover to choose the perfect design(s) and proper accessories to compliment indoor decor and outdoor landscape and architecture. The visual features of these fancy birdhouses should match personal taste and the design should be functional for the specific type of bird(s) that the bird lover wishes to attract.
Fancy birdhouses come in all shapes, sizes, materials, themes and designs. A growing number of these pieces are characteristic of the Victorian architecture found in the U.S. in the mid to late 19th Century. A large number of these birdhouses are miniature imitations of specific historic buildings. Other common styles of fancy birdhouses include representations of cottages, churches, barns, log cabins and lighthouses. Decorative, holiday birdhouses help stir the Christmas spirit with dreamlike snowbound settings just waiting for long lost relatives to walk in the door. Many of these holiday birdhouses are for indoor use only.
Indeed, many bluebirds would not make it through the year due to cold weather, predators, and increased competition for acceptable dwellings. By providing a bluebird house, you can help keep their population up. These bright blue birds can also be attracted to your yard by choosing berry-producing shrubs for planting in your yard.
Other birds that utilize bird houses/nest boxes or roosting boxes are: Titmice, Wrens, Chickadees, Nuthatches, Downy Woodpeckers, Purple Martins, Bluebirds, Owls, Tree and Violet Green Swallows, Barn Swallows and Phoebes, Flycatchers, and more.
In the dead of winter when temperatures are extreme, a larger space can be used to attract more birds to roost and stay warm. If you do decide to have more than your year round bird houses for bird shelter, you may try a larger bird roosting box. These boxes should use thicker wood to keep more heat in and an entrance lower to the bottom of the box, rather than toward the top of the box, may help keep it warmer. As the heat rises, it will be less likely to escape out of the lower entry hole. You may also want to use larger dimensions for the interior to accommodate more roosting birds with inside perches and scored interior walls for easy climbing. For safety, try to use a metal guard around the entrance holes to deter predators such as squirrels and raccoons. Also fewer air vent holes or gaps will help keep cold out and heat in. The same can be done by using your year round bird houses and just temporarily plugging or blocking ventilation holes to keep warmth in.
My recommendation is to either put up fully functional bird houses that the bird would really like to use. Or make or buy a decorative bird house with doors, windows, gutters, and curtains but make sure you paint the fake entry holes black. With a decorative bird house you don't have to worry about cleaning it because the birds should not be able to get inside it.
In reality, wild birds are perfectly happy to take up residence in the hollow of a fallen tree if given the choice. The beautiful detail, elegance and character of today's fancy birdhouses do much more to satisfy the aesthetic taste of the bird lover or the new home owner. The good news is that these truly functional works of art can satisfy both the bird lover and the birds! You must be aware of the practical considerations for attracting your favorite wild bird before you choose a piece to complement your outdoor living space or indoor decor.
The vast selection available allows the bird lover to choose the perfect design(s) and proper accessories to compliment indoor decor and outdoor landscape and architecture. The visual features of these fancy birdhouses should match personal taste and the design should be functional for the specific type of bird(s) that the bird lover wishes to attract.
Fancy birdhouses come in all shapes, sizes, materials, themes and designs. A growing number of these pieces are characteristic of the Victorian architecture found in the U.S. in the mid to late 19th Century. A large number of these birdhouses are miniature imitations of specific historic buildings. Other common styles of fancy birdhouses include representations of cottages, churches, barns, log cabins and lighthouses. Decorative, holiday birdhouses help stir the Christmas spirit with dreamlike snowbound settings just waiting for long lost relatives to walk in the door. Many of these holiday birdhouses are for indoor use only.
Indeed, many bluebirds would not make it through the year due to cold weather, predators, and increased competition for acceptable dwellings. By providing a bluebird house, you can help keep their population up. These bright blue birds can also be attracted to your yard by choosing berry-producing shrubs for planting in your yard.
Other birds that utilize bird houses/nest boxes or roosting boxes are: Titmice, Wrens, Chickadees, Nuthatches, Downy Woodpeckers, Purple Martins, Bluebirds, Owls, Tree and Violet Green Swallows, Barn Swallows and Phoebes, Flycatchers, and more.
In the dead of winter when temperatures are extreme, a larger space can be used to attract more birds to roost and stay warm. If you do decide to have more than your year round bird houses for bird shelter, you may try a larger bird roosting box. These boxes should use thicker wood to keep more heat in and an entrance lower to the bottom of the box, rather than toward the top of the box, may help keep it warmer. As the heat rises, it will be less likely to escape out of the lower entry hole. You may also want to use larger dimensions for the interior to accommodate more roosting birds with inside perches and scored interior walls for easy climbing. For safety, try to use a metal guard around the entrance holes to deter predators such as squirrels and raccoons. Also fewer air vent holes or gaps will help keep cold out and heat in. The same can be done by using your year round bird houses and just temporarily plugging or blocking ventilation holes to keep warmth in.
My recommendation is to either put up fully functional bird houses that the bird would really like to use. Or make or buy a decorative bird house with doors, windows, gutters, and curtains but make sure you paint the fake entry holes black. With a decorative bird house you don't have to worry about cleaning it because the birds should not be able to get inside it.
In reality, wild birds are perfectly happy to take up residence in the hollow of a fallen tree if given the choice. The beautiful detail, elegance and character of today's fancy birdhouses do much more to satisfy the aesthetic taste of the bird lover or the new home owner. The good news is that these truly functional works of art can satisfy both the bird lover and the birds! You must be aware of the practical considerations for attracting your favorite wild bird before you choose a piece to complement your outdoor living space or indoor decor.
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