Do. Make. Build. : July 2020

In this video I show step by step how to make this Whimsical birdhouse. Its sure to bring a smile to your back yard. I used an 8 foot cedar deck board for this build. I also show you how to carve details using a bench chisel and a knife. And to take it a step further I decided to add contrast to the roof in a non traditional way. I painted it with FIRE! I also show you a few tricks along the way! I used a table saw for most of this build but you can use a variety of tools with the same results. I built this birdhouse to attract local nesting birds in my area. But you can adjust this birdhouse for the birds that you want to attract.

Air BnB (read as Air bird and beak)

I live in New York, there are a lot of bird species that might call this birdhouse a home. This all based on my own online research, I am not an expert ornithologist. But I do play one on TV.

The hole opening and floor size, as well as the hole height. (1 1/4 inch opening minimum 6 inches from the house floor. With a floor space of 4 1/2 x 4 1/2.)

Cavity nesting birds

Nut hatches

House sparrows

Downy woodpeckers

Wrens

Warblers

Titmice

Chickadees

You can adjust this birdhouse to fit other birds as well. Birds that larger hole and slightly larger floor space.

Yellow belly sap sucker

Blue birds

Tree swallows