On Nov 8, 3:40=A0am, "George W Frost" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Ed Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Greetings Friend:
> > Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> > birdhouses for birds from North =A0America.
>
> > Quote from Mother Teresa:
> > To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>
> > Shalom:
> > Ed Fisher
>
> http://www.mybirdhousestore.com/
>
> http://www.birdhousebuzz.com/
>
> http://www.birdhousebuzz.com/wrenhouses.html
>
> http://www.freewoodpuzzles.com/spring_bird_house_plans.html
>
> http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/resources/index.php?cat=3D404
>
> http://www.woodworkingcorner.com/birdhouse.php
Thanks for all those links.
Ed Fisher wrote:
> Greetings Friend:
> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> birdhouses for birds from North America.
>
>
> Quote from Mother Teresa:
> To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>
> Shalom:
> Ed Fisher
>
Charlie Self, who posts to this group, has written a couple of books on
the subject. See:
http://www.amazon.com/Super-Simple-Birdhouses-You-Make/dp/0806908580
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Birdhouses-Feeders-Charles-Self/dp/0806962445
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, gwr40
> @comsouth.net says...
>>
>> Ed Fisher wrote:
>> > Greetings Friend:
>> > Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
>> > birdhouses for birds from North America.
>> >
>> >
>> > Quote from Mother Teresa:
>> > To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>> >
>> > Shalom:
>> > Ed Fisher
>> >
>> Bluebirds seem to prefer a house on a post in an open area rather than
>> on a tree or side of a building, however if nothing else is available
>> they will sometime use them.
>>
>> If you have squirrels, they will gnaw the opening to try and get in.
>> Two ways to discourage them that I have used is (1)-use your stapler
>> and put a lot of them around the opening. Or (2)-cut a 3 inch square
>> of copper with a hole the same size as the opening and tack it over
>> the opening.
>
> What happens if you soak the opening in pepper oil?
>
I used 1 inch (or larger) inside diameter galvanize. steel washers. Drilled
4 holes into the washer to accommodate galv. nails and fastened the washer
on the opening. Nails circle drilling diameter had to be determined as per
the available washers and the existing bird house hole.
Ed Fisher wrote:
> Greetings Friend:
> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> birdhouses for birds from North America.
>
>
> Quote from Mother Teresa:
> To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>
> Shalom:
> Ed Fisher
>
Bluebirds seem to prefer a house on a post in an open area rather than
on a tree or side of a building, however if nothing else is available
they will sometime use them.
If you have squirrels, they will gnaw the opening to try and get in.
Two ways to discourage them that I have used is (1)-use your stapler
and put a lot of them around the opening. Or (2)-cut a 3 inch square
of copper with a hole the same size as the opening and tack it over
the opening.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
Me? A skeptic? I trust that you have
proof?!
On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 16:10:56 -0600, [email protected] (Ed Fisher)
wrote:
>Greetings Friend:
>Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
>birdhouses for birds from North America.
Ed, here's a link to books available at Amazon. http://fwd4.me/mhD
--
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
-- Margaret Lee Runbeck
On Nov 7, 6:10=A0pm, [email protected] (Ed Fisher) wrote:
> Greetings Friend:
> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> birdhouses for birds from North =A0America.
>
> Quote from Mother Teresa:
> To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>
> Shalom:
> Ed Fisher
I've built a few and hung them about. And my neighbor has some thirty-
year old houses hung hither and yoin that have seen dcent occupancy
rates. But my plan-built units remain vacant as the plastic can in the
garage, the kids' pink toy plan water'er hanging near the garden shed
and the aluminum awning over the bard man dor have all hosted nests
and produced offspring!
Go figure!
"Ed Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings Friend:
> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> birdhouses for birds from North America.
>
>
> Quote from Mother Teresa:
> To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>
> Shalom:
> Ed Fisher
>
I have made some fantastic looking bird houses which the birds flock to
every time.
I just plant a tree and put out a sign encouraging the birds to be owner
builders,
and they do
bloody marvellous houses they build too.
"Ed Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> birdhouses for birds from North America.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=44553&cat=1,46158,44554
In article <[email protected]>, gwr40
@comsouth.net says...
>
> Ed Fisher wrote:
> > Greetings Friend:
> > Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> > birdhouses for birds from North America.
> >
> >
> > Quote from Mother Teresa:
> > To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
> >
> > Shalom:
> > Ed Fisher
> >
> Bluebirds seem to prefer a house on a post in an open area rather than
> on a tree or side of a building, however if nothing else is available
> they will sometime use them.
>
> If you have squirrels, they will gnaw the opening to try and get in.
> Two ways to discourage them that I have used is (1)-use your stapler
> and put a lot of them around the opening. Or (2)-cut a 3 inch square
> of copper with a hole the same size as the opening and tack it over
> the opening.
What happens if you soak the opening in pepper oil?
Bill wrote the following:
> Ed Fisher wrote:
>> Greetings Friend:
>> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
>> birdhouses for birds from North America.
>
> Make it the right size, put the hole in the right place, set it in the
> right place, don't leave any leaks, leave yourself a way to clean it
> out after the season is over, and you won't get many complaints! I
> think the rest is vanity.
I built a wren house and screwed it to a tree where it could be reached
by a ladder. It got occupied the first spring I put it up and I was
rewarded with a family of wrens.
In the fall I unscrewed the face of the house and removed all the twigs
and debris. Then I screwed the face back on. I placed all the twigs on a
permanently mounted small round table top that was screwed to a 30" high
tree stump next to the tree with the birdhouse. The next spring, a new
(or the same) couple moved into the birdhouse and they gathered up and
used all the twigs that I had placed on the table top.
Even birds recycle. :-)
>
> There is a person over at Lumberjocks.com forum that builds bird
> houses that are quite identical to your own house. She works from a
> picture. I thought it would be more fun to put out one that looks
> like my neighbor's house!
>
> Bill
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
Dr. Deb wrote the following:
> Ed, try this.
>
> http://www.50birds.com/d50bh.htm
>
> Deb
>
I built a couple using the plans on that site.
>
>
>
> Ed Fisher wrote:
>
>
>> Greetings Friend:
>> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
>> birdhouses for birds from North America.
>>
>>
>> Quote from Mother Teresa:
>> To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>>
>> Shalom:
>> Ed Fisher
>>
>
>
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
Good idea. Washers! - birds want generally the same size and
have a standard size for each bird. Keeps larger birds out.
Martin
On 11/10/2010 6:09 AM, Denis M wrote:
> "J. Clarke"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> In article<[email protected]>, gwr40
>> @comsouth.net says...
>>>
>>> Ed Fisher wrote:
>>>> Greetings Friend:
>>>> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
>>>> birdhouses for birds from North America.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quote from Mother Teresa:
>>>> To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>>>>
>>>> Shalom:
>>>> Ed Fisher
>>>>
>>> Bluebirds seem to prefer a house on a post in an open area rather than
>>> on a tree or side of a building, however if nothing else is available
>>> they will sometime use them.
>>>
>>> If you have squirrels, they will gnaw the opening to try and get in.
>>> Two ways to discourage them that I have used is (1)-use your stapler
>>> and put a lot of them around the opening. Or (2)-cut a 3 inch square
>>> of copper with a hole the same size as the opening and tack it over
>>> the opening.
>>
>> What happens if you soak the opening in pepper oil?
>>
>
> I used 1 inch (or larger) inside diameter galvanize. steel washers. Drilled
> 4 holes into the washer to accommodate galv. nails and fastened the washer
> on the opening. Nails circle drilling diameter had to be determined as per
> the available washers and the existing bird house hole.
>
>
>
>
"Ed Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings Friend:
> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> birdhouses for birds from North America.
>
>
> Quote from Mother Teresa:
> To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>
> Shalom:
> Ed Fisher
>
http://www.mybirdhousestore.com/
http://www.birdhousebuzz.com/
http://www.birdhousebuzz.com/wrenhouses.html
http://www.freewoodpuzzles.com/spring_bird_house_plans.html
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/resources/index.php?cat=404
http://www.woodworkingcorner.com/birdhouse.php
Ed, try this.
http://www.50birds.com/d50bh.htm
Deb
Ed Fisher wrote:
> Greetings Friend:
> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> birdhouses for birds from North America.
>
>
> Quote from Mother Teresa:
> To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>
> Shalom:
> Ed Fisher
Ed Fisher wrote:
> Greetings Friend:
> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
> birdhouses for birds from North America.
Make it the right size, put the hole in the right place, set it in the
right place, don't leave any leaks, leave yourself a way to clean it out
after the season is over, and you won't get many complaints! I think
the rest is vanity.
There is a person over at Lumberjocks.com forum that builds bird houses
that are quite identical to your own house. She works from a picture. I
thought it would be more fun to put out one that looks like my
neighbor's house!
Bill
On 11/8/2010 11:31 AM, willshak wrote:
> I built a wren house and screwed it to a tree where it could be reached
> by a ladder. It got occupied the first spring I put it up and I was
> rewarded with a family of wrens.
> In the fall I unscrewed the face of the house and removed all the twigs
> and debris. Then I screwed the face back on. I placed all the twigs on a
> permanently mounted small round table top that was screwed to a 30" high
> tree stump next to the tree with the birdhouse. The next spring, a new
> (or the same) couple moved into the birdhouse and they gathered up and
> used all the twigs that I had placed on the table top.
> Even birds recycle. :-)
That reminds me of a story I like. My dad was sometimes quick-witted and
he'd try to save a buck if he could too. I asked him why he didn't buy
the shelled sun flower seeds (which cost about 4x as much) instead of
the ones with shells. Without missing a beat, he said "You have to
leave something for the birds to do...". Apparently he'd thought it
over. : )
Bill
I've put out a metal hanging basket full of Moss. If it
isn't taken over by medium birds, the small ones will steal
the moss. We get a lot of small wrens and skeeter hunters in our
hanging baskets on the porch. Drives the dog crazy, but then they
like the skeeters in the lights as well.
Martin
On 11/7/2010 7:28 PM, George W Frost wrote:
> "Ed Fisher"<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Greetings Friend:
>> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
>> birdhouses for birds from North America.
>>
>>
>> Quote from Mother Teresa:
>> To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
>>
>> Shalom:
>> Ed Fisher
>>
>
> I have made some fantastic looking bird houses which the birds flock to
> every time.
> I just plant a tree and put out a sign encouraging the birds to be owner
> builders,
> and they do
> bloody marvellous houses they build too.
>
>
>> Ed Fisher wrote:
>>> Greetings Friend:
>>> Does anyone know were Ican obtain a book or blueprints for making
>>> birdhouses for birds from North America.
While making a plumb and square and technically accurate birdhouse does have
its advantages, I prefer the rustic, as it matches out general motif. These
can be made of all sorts of scraps, bark, garage sale junk, PVC, tree limbs,
and a lot of creativity comes in. And, they are usually free or very low
cost. Birds and Blooms magazine has a section each month that highlights
birdhouses, some of them very odd and creative.
I, personally, am going to make an owl box this winter, and see if I can get
a resident mouser to move in.
Steve
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