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This practical guide for building birdhouses contains plans for more than fifty attractive and useful structures — from a one-room house for bluebirds to a forty-two-room structure for purple martins. In addition to instructions and diagrams for constructing houses for such avian varieties as robins, wrens and chickadees, the easy-to-follow text also provides suggestions for feeding devices, bird house materials, methods of finishing exteriors, and winter care for birds.
An authoritative, how-to book that will appeal to beginning and veteran woodcrafters alike, Making Birdhouses also features a supplement with easy projects for novices — among them simple structures for woodpeckers, a box for robins, and an “A-frame” for nuthatches. Plans for houses made from such common objects as gourds, a flower pot, tin cans, and an old lantern are also included.
Detailed instructions and diagrams assure successful completion of projects that will satisfy builders as well as their feathered friends.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 13, 2005
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486441830
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486441832
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.64 x 0.22 x 6.38 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Dover Crafts: Woodworking
Best Sellers Rank: #170,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #141 in Woodworking Projects (Books) #391 in Bird Watching (Books) #7,546 in Crafts & Hobbies (Books)
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