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Natural Bird House
 Are you a bird enthusiast, then it is your duty to provide your bird with a natural birdhouse? Natural birdhouses are designed for birds, which normally use natural cavities or create their own house for nesting and to raise their young ones. The most common birds that use houses are the blue birds, swallows, chickadees, tufted titmice, nuthatches, wrens, and house sparrows.
The best time to put up your natural birdhouse is today! Actually, birds often choose the house they will use long before the nesting season, so it is best to put them up and leave them up. It is also a good thing as well as on the safer side to clean out the house after the young birds has left the nest. If the birds requires nest they build it again in no time and it will be much cleaner and healthier for the new one. The nest building is a part of the bird bonding and not a chore!
A natural birdhouse is the perfect way to provide nesting place to birds, which have lost much of their natural habitat. Many species of birds build their nests or house in hollow spaces in the dead or the rotten trees in natural vegetation. Nowadays, unfortunately many of these tress have been removed due to logging or real estate development.
How can you make Natural Birdhouse?
- Make a proper plan –You can find many sites on the internet, which provides information to make a natural birdhouse. The US geological survey has a very detailed publication available for a birdhouse plan.
- Use little lumber-Your birdhouse should be made up of 1” lumber, so that it provides a strength and some insulation to your bird. For smaller birdhouses, you can use 1inch x 6 inch or 1 inch x 8 inch lumber. Since all of the walls widths should be same, a single board of 4 inch to 6 inch long should be enough to build an entire natural birdhouse.
- Keep it outside-You can paint the exterior of your natural birdhouse. Avoid painting the interior side of the birdhouse. Try to limit the amount of paint around the entrances also. Since, the paint fumes can be harmful for the birds nesting in your natural birdhouse
Tips for Natural Bird House Building
- The material used to build the natural birdhouse plays a vital role. Wood is the best building material for your natural birdhouse. Cedar and redwood provide natural water resistance and attractive finishes. For fasteners, you can choose the galvanized screws or nails.
- Natural birdhouse should provide an easy access for inspection and maintenance of the hinged roof. You will also need to clean your birdhouse at the end of each nesting season.
- You will need to provide drainage and ventilation holes in your natural birdhouse. ¼ inches of holes in the floor will allow for drainage. Similar holes in the side walls should be provided for ventilation
- All though many of the commercial birdhouses have perches installed, but your natural birdhouse should not have perches. Since, the perches provide an easy access to predators like cats and squirrels.
You win the situation when the birds are happy in the natural birdhouse. When you find the birds happy in their new homes, you also get joy of being able to watch them. Think on the proper placement of your natural birdhouse, since it plays a vital role.
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