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Project by john posted 2216 days ago 2800 views 5 times favorited 57 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Spring is here and the birds are chirping .

I started this 80 plex birdhouse last year and now that it,s nice out i thought it was time to get back to work.
This house is made from 120 year old barn wood and is 5 1/2 ft square.

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866




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MsDebbieP

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#1 posted 2216 days ago

unbelievable. I look at these and I look at these and I’m still in awe at the beauty!!

And the cat continues to give approval :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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john

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#2 posted 2216 days ago

Thanks Debbie
My cats are hoping that i build them a extreme cat house.

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866

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pierre

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#3 posted 2216 days ago

John,

this is awsome !!! Do birds actually occupy the space?

How much time do you figure it took you to do one of these “chef-d’oeuvre” ?

I’m impress by the patience it takes to do this. Congrats.

pierre

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Diane

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#4 posted 2216 days ago

I think this one is my favorite of your big houses. The top part I love the most.

Diane

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john

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#5 posted 2216 days ago

Thanks Pierre and Diane
The birds move in them as fast as i can put them up.
As soon as i pull the ladder away they,re in there.

This house took about 4 weeks to build and cost about $ 50.00 nails and paint.

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866

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niki

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#6 posted 2216 days ago

Wow John

This is Eeeeem….Aaaaaam….I don’t have enough vocabulary to describe the beauty….

On the second pic, some holes are plugged, does it mean that these rooms are reserved…:-)

niki

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john

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#7 posted 2216 days ago

Thanks Niki
The holes that are not drilled because they already have a hole from another side.

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866

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#8 posted 2216 days ago

That cat’s expression says: “Stay away. This is my restaurant.”

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

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pat sherman

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#9 posted 2216 days ago

ok i have a question. do the birds really use these big birdhouses? or are they just for show?

they look really nice

-- pat,ohio...http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/patshwigar/

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john

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#10 posted 2216 days ago

Hi Pat
The birds do use them.
I have lots of birds nesting in them now.

I have been taking lots of pics with the birds nesting in them to add to my gallerys.
There are some pics on my site with birdies hangin around.

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866

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#11 posted 2216 days ago

Pretty awesome John, Are they quite heavy? jockmike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

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john

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#12 posted 2216 days ago

Thanks Mike
I still move this one around by myself
It weighs around 200 lbs

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866

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RobH

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#13 posted 2216 days ago

I think that is quite possibly bigger than my whole house. The wife says it looks like a bird inn, not a bird house.

Great job, that is really inspiring to me.

—Rob Hix, King George, VA

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

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MsDebbieP

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#14 posted 2216 days ago

We just have a couple little houses in our backyard and twice in the past two weeks we’ve had a “flock” of purple martins visit, check out the houses, and dance around entertaining us. But, I think the hole is too small for them. I hope we can get another house up in time for their next visit, even if it isn’t until next year. They were so much fun to watch.
( I think they were purple martins)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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john

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#15 posted 2216 days ago

Thanks Rob

Debbie i have to build a purple martin house in the new few months .
I will post a few pics when its done.
The style is a little different then what i,m used too. They have change the hole size to half a circle 3” long and 1 1/2” high

-- John in Belgrave (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com , http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112698715866

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