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, 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

On Sun, 7 Nov 2010 16:10:56 -0600, (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

"Ed Fisher" wrote in message
...
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 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/pag...=1,46158,44554

Someone at rec.birds may have a good lead.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.birds/topics?lnk

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

"Ed Fisher" wrote in message
...
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/sprin...use_plans.html


http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/r...ex.php?cat=404


http://www.woodworkingcorner.com/birdhouse.php

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-B.../dp/0806908580

http://www.amazon.com/Making-Birdhou.../dp/0806962445

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

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 @

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 @

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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On Nov 7, 6:10*pm, (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

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!

On Nov 8, 3:40*am, "George W Frost" wrote:
"Ed Fisher" wrote in message

...

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/sprin...use_plans.html

http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/r...ex.php?cat=404

http://www.woodworkingcorner.com/birdhouse.php

Thanks for all those links.

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

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?!

In article , 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?

"J. Clarke" wrote in message
in.local...
In article , 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.

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 wrote in message
...
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.

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. wrote in message
in.local...
In article4vudnT0kguOT8EXRnZ2dnUVZ_h2dnZ2d@giganews. com, 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.