This project is for the birds...#3

Wow. Looks nice. There are going to be some pretty happy birds in your neck of the woods.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

There will be some very happy birds in your neighborhood. Very nice looking project.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

this is wonderful
I can’t wait ‘til Rick starts building ours.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

That is really neat. and a lot of work. You must really like birds, David.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Thanks for all the nice comments! Actually, this is a Christmas present for my step daughters grandmother. She has a large backyard, loves birds and has a few small tree mounted birdhouses. So this should increase her bird housing capacity! It has been alot of work…I have about 20 hours or more into it so far. And now with my new roofing strategy, I will be shingling a mini cedar shake roof a shingle at a time! I don’t mind though..I like building stuff like this..and the cedar shake roof will look really cool!

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

David, I’ve built doll houses using the shingles you refer to. I actually found the process quite mindless and relaxing. Just plugging away one shingle at a time allowed my mind to occupy itself on other things and still be productive. Your birdhouse makes me consider dollhouses again.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

with the birdhouse that Rick built, it was small enough to use an old coffee can as the roof.. just cut it open, turned the inside out and voila… a pretty cool tin room. (of course that won’t work with the “extreme birdhouse”. )

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great job, David. I can’t bear the thought of those nasty birds leaving feathers and droppings all over this masterpiece!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

David, This is a gorgeous birdhouse. As nice as it is, it may attract some “classy” birds that won’t do what Charlie mentioned ;^D

Thanks for all the pictures showing us how you built this! It’s very instructive.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

its lookin great david . my parrot loves it . but he wants the entry holes on his a bit larger !

It,s looking very nice David . The wood shingles will look great.
What most people don,t realize is sure the birds will poop on them but it is mainly on the roof and mother nature does a pretty good job keeping them clean . All of my houses look clean and i don,t do anything to them.

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

looks like a fun project. where are you going to mount this ? on a tall post or hung from a tree ?

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Christmas is coming fast so i imagine David is in the shop rushing to get part four done .
I can,t wait to see how it looks David. lol
I thought about doing the wood shingles but they are about $20 .00 for a small bag of them here.

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

John…You are so right! I have been working in my garage shop every nite trying to finish this by Christmas! The shingles are the same price here..I paid $18 bucks for a bag of 1000. I think I will need more though. The shingles are looking very cool, but the barn steel has its own cool look to it…and as far as ease and speed of installation, the barn steel wins hands down! Unfortunately I haven’t had time to work on the Sketchup birdhouse…but I will pick that back up as soon as the real birdhouse is done!
Dan…I am thinking I will sink a 12’ Cedar 4×4 in the ground and mount the base to that, with some support brackets.

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

Great job Brad. that is one cool looking house. A real treasure.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Man, that’s one fine birdhouse.

-- Maplewood, MN