How-to Book of Birdhouses and Feeders: Attract the Birds You Want with 30 Easy-to-Make, Clever and Sturdy Projects - Softcover

Woodworkers will enjoy the 30 fascinating and clever birdhouse projects provided in this book. Each project is a comical, amusing example of the fun to be had in creating a birdhouse. Plans are included for an outhouse birdhouse, a gazebo birdhouse, a log cabin birdhouse, a motorhome birdhouse, and even a white house–themed birdhouse. In addition, a thorough guide helps bird enthusiasts and woodworkers attract specific species of birds to their yards and create for them a handsome, sturdy home. Each project employs common woodworking tools and techniques, and tips are provided for squirrel control, distributing birdseed, and creating the proper dimensions and alignment of holes and perches to ensure the right birds are attracted.

Paul Meisel is a former industrial arts instructor and the founder of Meisel Hardware Specialties. He is the author of The Big Book of Christmas Scroll Saw Projects and Making Lawn Ornaments in Wood. He lives in Mound, Minnesota.