General information about nesting boxes
The house for feathered friends can be built of wood, plywood or cardboard. Usually it is placed high on a tree, under a roof, on a balcony. When choosing a place, look for a tree or a wall so that other animals can not reach it. It is also important that the structure is not in a strong wind and rain.
Pay attention also to the size and the features of the birds that will settle in the new dwelling. Small breeds( tits, sparrows, redstarts, flycatchers) can not live in a standard birdhouse, they will be too spacious and uncomfortable there. Wagtailers should land on the ledge before the fly, and pikas live only in triangular houses. If you do not know whom to expect, make a standard design, 30-40 cm high, 15-20 cm wide, and about 15-18 cm long. We will tell you how to make such a traditional birdhouse by yourself, as ina photo.
The cardboard box of the
Wooden birdhouse is the most reliable. It can last several years, and in it birds can safely breed. For work, prepare:
- wire;
- nails or screws( 25-30 pieces, length 5 cm);
- hacksaw;
- drill bit( 4 cm and 5 cm diameter);
- ruler;
- pencil;
- hammer or screwdriver( or a Phillips screwdriver).
Wooden board should be a coniferous rock, 2 cm thick. The most suitable width of the central part, the "facade" - 20 cm, and for the side walls it will fit 15 cm.
Remember that the wood should not be ground, as the birds can not catchpaws for such a foundation. On a smooth surface it is necessary to make special notches.
Birdhouse dimensions should be drawn on paper, it will be easier for you to work with a drawing.
So, make a drawing, and after cutting on it 7 parts:
1. 3 slats, 30 cm in height and 20 cm wide - for the front and rear wall, as well as the roof).
2. 2 side walls 15 cm wide;
3. 2 squares with a side of 15 cm for the bottom and top.
4. Wand - the duct.
As you can see, the birdhouses are very easy to do by their own hands. In the drawing, you see the standard arrangement of the parts.
After you have cut out all the parts, you need to make a hole in the front plate. Usually the window is cut with a circular diameter of 5 cm, but it can be of a square shape. Now you can build the whole house: first to the facade, nail down both side walls, then set the bottom on the screws, then nail the back and attach the roof from above.
For fastening on the tree itself you will need a long board. On this bar you nail the birdhouse in its upper part, and in the middle and below nail the foundation to the wall or fasten it to the tree with wire.