Make a Your Own Bird House from Birdhouse Plans
There are literally millions of people in the US today that enjoy some type of birding activity, and most of them do it in the back yard. While there sometimes seems to be a limitless variety of birdhouses that you can buy, few things are more satisfying than to build your own unique birdhouse. While you can build one from a birdhouse kit, it can be even more gratifying to use a set of plans and cut your own patterns, and this allows for a little more customization as well.
Probably the least expensive way to get a good variety of plans to review and choose from is to buy a book of plans.
Each of these books has a somewhat different emphasis or theme. Some focus on simple bird house plans that can be shared with a child. Birdhouses You Can Build in a Day from Popular Woodworking
features designs that are relatively simple, with the
expectation that any one of them could be built in a
day.
Other books such as Birdfeeders, Shelters and Baths (The Weekend Workshop Collection)
cover birding projects other than just birdhouse plans.
And one of the biggest collections of plans that range from simple to some fairly challenging ornate birdhouse designs is in The New Birdhouse Book: Inspiration and Instruction for Building 50 Birdhouses
.
If you are looking for a house for a particular type of bird, Birdhouses & Feeders You Can Make: Complete Plans and Instructions for Bird-Friendly Nesting and Feeding Sites
gives a good summary of the nesting requirements for
several popular bird species.
Whatever your desire in birdhouse plans, there is probably a book that has plans for you! There's a little extra work to cut your own bird house parts, but the patterns make it simple enough for almost anyone to do.
