Product Description: You don't have to be an outdoorsy type to enjoy birdwatching, and you don't necessarily have to go outdoors to watch birds! Set up any of these thirty cozy homes and feeders in a spot that's conveniently viewed from indoors, and let the show begin!This easy-to-use manual features clear illustrations and step-by-step construction guidelines for building permanent residences, winter homes, and snack bars for birds of many different feathers—wrens, bluebirds, owls, robins, titmice, and other species, including squirrels and bats...read more

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Provides instruction on constructing and maintaining birdhouses, including dimensions for specific varieties, and suggests ways to deter insects and squirrels. (view table of contents)

Describes how to plan and plant a bird-friendly garden, recipes for birdseed mixtures and nectars, ways to offer year-round water for birds, and suggestions on where to place birdhouses (view table of contents)

Provides instructions for building eleven different birdhouses in the style of Victorian homes, and offers advice on useful tools, techniques, and materials (view table of contents)

A collection of photographs of the author's birdhouses, created in a variety of shapes and sizes

Shows how to make different types birdhouses for one's home and garden, includes the strawberry gourd birdhouse, gingerbread birdhouse, red barn birdhouse, and the log cabin birdhouse, and offers tips and techniques for painting and decorating

Presents information on attracting and sheltering birds, including landscaping ideas, plans and instructions for building birdhouses and feeders, facts about 29 popular American birds, and photographs of creative and whimsical birdhouses

A guide to choosing, collecting, buying, and finding the correct place for a birdhouse discusses the different styles of birdhouses that exist and presents a complete appendix listing artisans, retail outlets, manufacturers, wholesale outlets, and other sources of birdhouses.

Analyzes and rates more than 250 bird gadgets, including birdfeeders, birdhouses, birdseeds, birdbaths, and anti-squirrel devices

Analyzes and rates more than 250 bird gadgets, including birdfeeders, birdhouses, birdseeds, birdbaths, and anti-squirrel devices

Reveals the most successful designs for all kinds of birdhouses and feeders, and demonstrates how to custom-build a house to attract a particular species of bird

Offers advice on feeding migrant birds, discusses bird houses, feeders, and nests, and identifies wild birds commonly found in Britain and Europe

Offers guidance in making bird aviaries, forming ornithological clubs, and identifying particular species