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My husband saved this from a tree that was taken down. One of the things I make is bird houses. I saw this as a good opportunity to reuse a house made by our local woodpecker. The roof is made of pallet wood. The trim is all sticks, seedpods, pine cones, even the nail was pulled from another board! It is in a tree and ready for renters.
-- Berta in NC
































13 comments so far
thetimberkid
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posted 495 days ago
Great work!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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lew
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posted 495 days ago
That’s really cool!!
Lew
YorkshireStewart
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posted 495 days ago
I like this a lot. It’s really fun.
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tenontim
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posted 495 days ago
Thanks for the post. I have a small tree in my yard with a woodpecker hole, and I though about doing the same thing. The birds build a nest in it every years, so I keep putting off cutting it down. Maybe one day I’ll post my version.
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Dusty56
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posted 495 days ago
very good bird house !
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scottb
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posted 495 days ago
neat. I saved a similar piece off the firewood pile and had no idea what to do with it until just now. Kinda getting into a birdhouse phase right now, Thanks for the inspiration!
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RobS
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posted 495 days ago
Hmm, looks strikingly familiar, hmmm, where did I see that… oh yeah…. here

Your’s is a great creation, thanks for sharing…
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 494 days ago
A great looking birdhouse!
I read once that to attract a woodpecker, is to stuff it with wood shavings.
They enjoy digging the hole themselves.
Good Luck!
I thought I posted some similar birdhouses. I guess I’ll have to post them.
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Bradford
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posted 493 days ago
I like that.
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jeanmarc
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posted 487 days ago
Great work!
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motthunter
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posted 487 days ago
I get woodpeckers in my yard that look bigger than my dog.. They create major cavities in my trees and I wish that I knew how to repel them
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Grumpy
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posted 481 days ago
I am sure woody woodpecker would be happy with that house Berta. Nice job. Good luck in the contest.
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Steelmum
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posted 481 days ago
Everyone has been very nice. Thank you so much!
-- Berta in NC