Homemade Bird Houses from a Natural Log (DIY Nesting Bird Box)

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  • Learn how to create bird houses from a natural log. Includes 4 EASY ways
    to remove the inside of the log to make a DIY Nesting Box. Optional tools
    include a hand saw, band saw, chain saw, carving tools, adze, axe, hatchet, or shingle froe tool. These free handmade wooden bird houses from a log are great for bluebirds, chickadees, flickers, house finchs, house sparrows, kestrels, nuthatches, owls, purple martins, tree swallows, warblers, woodpeckers and wrens.
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  • @650gringo
    @650gringo ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Congratulations! This is the 4th DIY bird house video I've watched and the only one to show the finished bird house at the beginning of the video. You are the only one that knows bird houses AND videos. The other videos forced me to fast forward till I could see what the finished project look like. You did it right.

  • @Herculesbiggercousin
    @Herculesbiggercousin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I have so much timber and scrap wood laying around, this was just what I was looking for! I’m glad I’m not crazy for considering repurposing them for birdhouses haha

  • @martinbee772
    @martinbee772 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    DO NOT put a peg in front! Your target nester species don’t need it, but it absolutely provides predator birds a place to stand while they reach in and pull chicks out !

  • @JB-yo1fo
    @JB-yo1fo 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The hatchet looks best way and the fastest , thanks for sharing

  • @thumperman8490
    @thumperman8490 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    They look great, I would put a drainage hole or two in the base to allow water to escape just in case the rain water came through the entrance hole, also use stainless steel screws (that will not rust solid and stick) so that the sides can be opened to remove old nest material, the dead runt of the clutch (there is always a victim in the family), and sterilise the inside with boiling water. Allow to dry out and reassemble.

  • @fouroakscrafts7240
    @fouroakscrafts7240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Great idea! I just cut down a sizable limb from my mother-in-law's cherry tree. I think I'll try this. Thanks for the video tutorial!

  • @judithspies6617
    @judithspies6617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like the different ways you used the logs. And how easy you made it look. I gotta try your method. Thanks for sharing.

  • @1967ded
    @1967ded 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Добрая душа, спасибо за идею!

  • @jimthompson9824
    @jimthompson9824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A hinge on the bottom plate for easy clean out. Great job keep them coming.

  • @lucyapanda6499
    @lucyapanda6499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    These are great instructions. Though I've heard it's best not to have a peg in front because "enemy" birds will use it to more easily come in and loot the nest or attack it in some way

    • @rovatotovaro8834
      @rovatotovaro8834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True

    • @underthetrees4780
      @underthetrees4780 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kind of, the perch is more attractive for invasive House Sparrows, which will kill native bluebirds and swallows. All the native birds are well adapted to accessing holes without a perch

    • @ronmounts8075
      @ronmounts8075 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gooooooood to know!!!!

  • @hebermarquez3820
    @hebermarquez3820 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BRAVO !!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍💪🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾 él hombre ! Todo lo puede hacer 🙈 y ellos ( los pajaritos ) se lo van agradecer , con sus cantos a diario .🌞

  • @miclomusic805
    @miclomusic805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don’t even have logs but this video is too good to skip 🤣💯
    I took woodshop all years of high school it was one of the best Classes available,
    Peaceful work I felt like Jesus himself haha

  • @CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid
    @CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love them! What a great idea!

  • @daveblevins3322
    @daveblevins3322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing Bill 🤠👍

  • @lestaylor1888
    @lestaylor1888 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amasing idea in itself but your video is perfection showing so many ways of achieving the result!!!!

  • @johnduffy6546
    @johnduffy6546 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those are adorable! I'm gonna need a bigger band saw

  • @morpety
    @morpety 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now that is Lateral thinking. Impressive!

  • @royormonde3682
    @royormonde3682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I have dozens of these scattered throughout my property. They look great. If I could give you a tip, cut a disk off one end first for the bottom, just looks more natural and saves you cutting one to fit from another material.

    • @ProyectoInnovador-hy6dw
      @ProyectoInnovador-hy6dw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is just superb, I've been looking for "birdhouse instructions simple" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Daniliana Birdfly Babar - (search on google ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my cousin got amazing results with it.

    • @rad7even
      @rad7even 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ProyectoInnovador-hy6dw clickbait warning

    • @Jack-vo2sz
      @Jack-vo2sz ปีที่แล้ว

      you goddamn genius, i didnt even think of that. Thanks! will do that to the one im building

    • @underthetrees4780
      @underthetrees4780 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's a good idea but you'll get better drainage if you recess the bottom, so I would actually use a slice of the core and screw or nail it about a 1/4" up inside the birdhouse.

    • @royormonde3682
      @royormonde3682 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@underthetrees4780 Yes I made sure to drill holes in the bottom for drainage....cheers

  • @rovatotovaro8834
    @rovatotovaro8834 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This log bird house is the number one way of getting birds into your property
    The best one

  • @thankyoulifeformanythings4533
    @thankyoulifeformanythings4533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you sell those bird houses, tons of people will buy them! So beautiful they are!

  • @jadinwemette8251
    @jadinwemette8251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I really appreciate you taking the time to show how it can be done with various tools, just awesome thanks

    • @josebarreto4788
      @josebarreto4788 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to uncover building a bird aviary plans try Debuncar Amazing Aviary Aid (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my buddy got cool success with it.

    • @liviubrodeanu7074
      @liviubrodeanu7074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@josebarreto4788 vale rug. Bogdang

  • @wonderfulnature7125
    @wonderfulnature7125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. Great job. Super bird boxes😃👍

  • @grntchstrmdws
    @grntchstrmdws ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great tips! A miter saw (chop saw) would probably work well, too. 12" would probably be easier than a 10."

  • @villageconstructionsecrets271
    @villageconstructionsecrets271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Work

  • @thespig13
    @thespig13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This looks like a great project for me!, i got the trees too!

  • @anshumankishoresingh1293
    @anshumankishoresingh1293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really well explained! Thanks

  • @horatiobeaker
    @horatiobeaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great projects.

  • @joshuanicholsjr5327
    @joshuanicholsjr5327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like that stuff keep it up, we want to see more using the natural wood god bless

  • @vogel-undigelgartenhd
    @vogel-undigelgartenhd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ein ganz feines Video! Sehr gut und anschaulich gezeigt. Bravo.

  • @wovada
    @wovada ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for these ideas! You must be very fond of birds!

  • @syedhasan6548
    @syedhasan6548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very Very Nice 👍
    Thanks for sharing

  • @mukhtarkhan5506
    @mukhtarkhan5506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent Out class idea appreciated

  • @enzobolognese5115
    @enzobolognese5115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for the nice video!

  • @organicgardenmamavictoriab2768
    @organicgardenmamavictoriab2768 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks so pretty. I definitely don't have the tools for this project yet.

  • @bobbyplatt7654
    @bobbyplatt7654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good ideas and a great demonstration sir well done..

  • @smallhonda6568
    @smallhonda6568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravo et merci pour ces bonnes idées.!

  • @reilrobert2912
    @reilrobert2912 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Szuper jó ötletek.

  • @danielcates6761
    @danielcates6761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks I like the idea of splitting the log. I think it will look more natural

    • @davidcurry4433
      @davidcurry4433 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's used a bandsaw, then finished it off with the 🪓 🪓

  •  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So beautiful.

  • @joanies6778
    @joanies6778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loving so many options, but agree with others... slice a piece off the bottom before splitting or carving up the body for the base. This piece could easily be screwed on for access to clean it out periodically.

  • @anilshirsat4406
    @anilshirsat4406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great ideas for preserving our biodiversity of VASUNDHARA (🌎)

  • @jason1300
    @jason1300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you for this awsome video!!!

  • @lennonjames3871
    @lennonjames3871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's pretty cool nice job 👍

  • @brigittebazinet7298
    @brigittebazinet7298 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i enjoyed this..thank you

  • @guyh.4553
    @guyh.4553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great ideas! You could also use the e-chainsaw as you already have it there for #2. One thing I would/might/will do is cut off a puck from the chosen piece of log to attach straight back onto the bottom. Aaaaaaaaaand yet another cool project for me to do! Dang you! Ha ha ha ha

  • @WaynesAdventure
    @WaynesAdventure ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome, love it

  • @rayrios3703
    @rayrios3703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video! You forgot to mention another method... Wood lathe... Awesome video in any case. 👍🏼

  • @michellehessman3683
    @michellehessman3683 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those are really cute

  • @ToxicVaccines_HivHoax
    @ToxicVaccines_HivHoax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great ideas! 👍👍🦚

  • @jesadanaoki
    @jesadanaoki 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks you very much 😊😊😊

  • @tomevans4402
    @tomevans4402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Need a bigger band saw. 😂 I will split my log like you showed, got a piece in the garage, what fun, thank you

  • @lmnatureetboisfacteurdarcs5257
    @lmnatureetboisfacteurdarcs5257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    C'est vraiment très joli !

  • @martinhoflich6150
    @martinhoflich6150 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great 👍👍👍

  • @guilhemdussel612
    @guilhemdussel612 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    U r à very good teatcher, l like very mutch ur job. 👍👍👍

  • @deanguando1335
    @deanguando1335 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice.

  • @korea.festival
    @korea.festival 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks Have a happy day!

  • @pcdubya
    @pcdubya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good idea, might give that a shot if my bandsaw will hog through that much material.

  • @ladygrace1023
    @ladygrace1023 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you!

  • @123danks
    @123danks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hatchet for the win

    • @ExactConsciousness
      @ExactConsciousness 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really minimal effort if it's a sharp hatchet.

  • @guysolis5843
    @guysolis5843 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nicely done...

  • @jagocanada4684
    @jagocanada4684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    excellent

  • @luigicristiani7709
    @luigicristiani7709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you and congratulations for your simplicity and exemplary clarity in the examples provided! best wishes end good work from Roma

  • @annambabioch9169
    @annambabioch9169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👌 super coooool.txs

  • @savenaturesavebird8423
    @savenaturesavebird8423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grt n amazing beautiful 👌👌

  • @alanrees4837
    @alanrees4837 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 45-degree cuts made with a template are you still cutting the centre out with the bandsaw ? Also what size blade are you using on the bandsaw 1/4 ?

  • @jthepickle7
    @jthepickle7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good for both round birds and square birds.

  • @handyladybyrd2628
    @handyladybyrd2628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ohh i like it....im going to make this..from our oak tree ..

    • @dusnakohut6062
      @dusnakohut6062 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dusa a čo tak zarábať peniaze a čas konania a čo tak zarábať peniaze eyu

  • @Lovelybrnfemale
    @Lovelybrnfemale 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I need help. We live on a 1st floor apartment. Our neighbor on the 2nd floor just moved in and uses an owl decoy which has affected birds (and humming birds) to come visit our beautiful patio, bird feeders and bird bath. Before she moved in our birds visited often and had so much fun.
    Can you give me advice on how we can get the birds to return to our bird haven.
    Love your youtube video

  • @philipsnyder2060
    @philipsnyder2060 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    where do you buy the hatchet and the rounded Az which you used in your video?

  • @epiphgd4302
    @epiphgd4302 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid. Does the type of blade on bandsaw matter if its green wood and also do you seal up the bandsaw ‘entrance’ cut?

  • @austinmetro6317
    @austinmetro6317 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one

  • @madhukhanna6262
    @madhukhanna6262 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome

  • @louislandi938
    @louislandi938 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The opening seems very high for the young birds. I piece of mesh or cloth inside leading up to it would help a lot. Also, the size of the hole is determined by what type of birds you want to attract.

  • @ganeshdhalpe4392
    @ganeshdhalpe4392 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    VERY NICE

  • @dskinner81
    @dskinner81 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just curious what species of wood a person should look for. I live on the Canadian Prairies in east-central Alberta. Not many large trees to be had and not much variety of different species. Lots of box elders (or "Manitoba Maple" as we sometimes call them). Any poplars that fall down are usually too rotten and cracked to make use of.

  • @herbsu4330
    @herbsu4330 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That a nice idea but a lot of work to not know what bird will habitat. The location of nest, size and location of the hole are important as well as the means to clean, provide drainage and venting

  • @v0caloidk
    @v0caloidk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tuyệt vời

  • @gillwilloughby9756
    @gillwilloughby9756 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just lovey

  • @carmineverdicchio5695
    @carmineverdicchio5695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    perfetto 👍👍

  • @jabc3979
    @jabc3979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So simply! All I can do in our kitchen...

  • @Shandinho
    @Shandinho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Could you tell me what band saw blade that is please.

  • @BRINCANDOCOMMADEIRA
    @BRINCANDOCOMMADEIRA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sensacional, like

  • @romanmariak6739
    @romanmariak6739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very nice nestbox. Love it. What species of wood did you use??

  • @rickywrenn
    @rickywrenn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I drill mine out with a 4/5/8 inch but with drill press and use slate or some other durable top. Unscrew top for cleaning.

  • @stevensendall6067
    @stevensendall6067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi, could you not have used the woodturning lathe to hollow out your logs

  • @henryven755
    @henryven755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Y cuando después de un tiempo quieran limpiar el interior, para eliminar ácaros, restos de heces, etc, como harían?

  • @MAgaSUXX
    @MAgaSUXX 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Use the cut out part of the log for a hummingbird house? I love your design.

    • @LSatch
      @LSatch 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hummingbirds don't use houses or nesting boxes

  • @WiseSilverWolf
    @WiseSilverWolf 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Any place where I can buy these already made? I dont have any space to make something like this or the tools either.

  • @rocket9244
    @rocket9244 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    using an Electric Worx toy chainsaw. lol Cute !!!

  • @libreprimitivolibreprimiti3551
    @libreprimitivolibreprimiti3551 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Los maestros

  • @pablobartelotte4553
    @pablobartelotte4553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another way is to use a large diameter boring bit like a 3"-4" one or stacked hole saws.

  • @jimmieyoung925
    @jimmieyoung925 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You could probably use a lathe to hollow out the middle
    A bit more wasteful but it should still work

  • @ARTANI66
    @ARTANI66 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @Jim_Bob_Farm
    @Jim_Bob_Farm 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What size band saw? I'm looking to buy a used one.

  • @carmenfloresruiz2830
    @carmenfloresruiz2830 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hermosa

  • @jokerali2231
    @jokerali2231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍👍👍👍👍

  • @12233444q
    @12233444q 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Когда мастер раскалывал чурочку, можно было с одной детали не скалывать нижнюю часть. А спилить её на нужной высоте. Тогда остальные части точнее лягут на место. И днище сразу готово. )))

  • @leeandjancruise
    @leeandjancruise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Don't fix a perch under the hole as it gives predators something to sit on as it eats the young.

  • @Shandinho
    @Shandinho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those middle sections could in turn be hollowed out to make bird feeders!

  • @davekana8388
    @davekana8388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What size do you suggest for the bird access hole?

    • @davidwoodman3655
      @davidwoodman3655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1an1fort. No more than 1 and a half

    • @davekana8388
      @davekana8388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidwoodman3655 thank you, interesting ways was shown the hollowing out process!👍

    • @davekana8388
      @davekana8388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidwoodman3655 thanks!

    • @ivanmarmeladof3813
      @ivanmarmeladof3813 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Put a Metall ring around access hole, otherwise predators like woodpecker or squarel will get there easily. Better if it's not a ring, but short pipe.