Want to create your own private nature preserve, full of cardinals, chickadees, goldfinches, and other feathered friends that will come to think of your backyard as home? You'll find out just how to do it in Projects for the Birder's Garden - packed full of affordable, doable projects guaranteed to turn your yard into a bird magnet. You'll find more than 100 great projects in this book, including how to craft a simple feeder, whip up a bird treat, add a burbling water feature, create a garden of natural materials for bird nests, or build a wooden birdhouse. The simple pleasure of viewing birds in your backyard is something to treasure every day of the year. With Projects for the Birder's Garden, you'll discover hundreds of hand-on ideas to increase your enjoyment of this soul-satisfying pastime - as well as increase the number of birds flocking to your yard!
More than 30 fabulous birdhouses and feeders: a log cabin, a country cottage, a 50s diner, a San Francisco row house, and many others.
Gives advice on selecting wood, using hand and power tools, and applying finishes, shares plans for feeders and birdhouses, and recommends bird foods
Building Birdhouses & Feeders
Presents easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for twenty innovative birdhouses and feeders--from a simple log cabin to pyramid and fanciful Swiss chalet--in a do-it-yourself guide, complemented by more than 250 photographs, ...
The complete lower primary Guided Reading series for developing independent readers.
Provides instruction for building birdhouses and recipes for making bird food.
Lists the necessary tools and materials and gives instructions for constructing bird feeders and birdhouses for a variety of birds.
Practical and inspiring designs are given for 15 birdhouses, tables, and feeders, inspiring a whole new audience with these charming projects. 150 color photos.
65 Birdhouses and Bird Feeders: For All Bird Lovers to Build