Building a Birdhouse - Things to Consider
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- I am aware of the fact that many of my viewers enjoy the silence and sound of tools in some of my previous videos. This time there was simply too much information to put into text, so i wanted to experiment with a voice-over.
If you would like me to add voice commentary to my videos every now and then in the future, let me know.
THE BIRDHOUSES:
I had a bunch of reclaimed wood from an old sauna building that I recently renovated. The exterior grade plywood was scrap from construction site dumpsters. Making 50 birdhouses required about 1,5 kg of 4x50 mm screws and 1 liter of wood glue. Time estimate is about 20 hours of work.
This particular birdhouse model is based on recommendations from Birdlife Finland, and has proven suitable for:
European pied flycatcher
Great tit
Eurasian blue tit
Coal tit (entrance and height ideally smaller)
DIMENSIONS:
Bottom: 10 x 10 cm, inset between walls
Height: 30 cm
Sides: 1x6" rough sawn
Front & back: 1x4" rough sawn
Roof angle: about 10°, forward slant
Entrance: 30-32 mm, center @ 8 cm from top of front wall
All wood should be untreated, at least on the inside.
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Excellent video. I loved the idea of sloping the entrance hole to shed rain water. I would not have thought of that
Easily the highest quality build I have seen for such nest boxes. Strong work!
The best video on nest box instructions!!! Thank you!
Best one ive seen so far!! the detail and simpllicity
I had to go back into my history to find this video, thank you so much for making it so easy to build. Video spot on in every way. Well done and a thumbs up from me. Learned more on how to care for the birds.
The best video I have seen thus far. Planning to build my first birdhouse. Thanks for the excellent information.
Wow, you put a lot of thought into this. Great job.
Wonderful work and thoughtful design. Exactly what I was looking for!
BEST bird house building video ever. Thanks so much! I'm gonna go build a bunch! Superb tips and details.
You're welcome! Hope you get lots of inhabitants in your birdhouses.
- Thanx a multimillion for the info re: bird house building. It's invaluable.
That's a well thought-out yet simple design.
such a nice birdhouse, God bless you, man!
Great tutorial and I like the tips you shared! I'm looking forward to having some bluebirds this year.
Another great video! I've enjoyed every format you've used, but definitely continue with the voice commentary. I wondered at first if this was a project for a park until I read the description. I look forward to your next video.
hey ,if anyone else is searching for build bird houses try Debuncar Amazing Aviary Aid (just google it ) ? Ive heard some incredible things about it and my mate got excellent results with it.
Bird house looks great, great design and I like the reinforced entrance to keep the squirrels out.
thank you
Best birdhouse video I have seen, thank you
Great simple design and construction feature tips. Going to make a couple of these. Thanks!
Thanks for a great video, to the point, in easy steps, with explanations and done with everyday tools.
Great - very clear and gave me lots of ideas. Thank you.
Very good, very simple and I’m now going to make some your way. Thanks for posting 👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks for such great information. I'm gonna make one. Yippee! great blend of audio I enjoyed the tempo and vibe.
Thankyou Finn. Great tips for my build.
Nice Project and well done! Thanks for the tips!
Terrific, thanks. First, thanks for doing good technical research on the birdhouse. I certainly don't want to hurt them and your video really helps that. Second, YES, on voiceover. The essential communicative power of video is in the use of eyes. Splitting the information ingress between ears and eyes is efficient. It allows either for more information in the same time space or a reiteration of vital information via two different media for better learning. Having to take my eyes from the action to read a caption drives me nuts! I panic that I'm missing something. I know it's in fashion now but...still...I KNOW what a table Saw sounds like.
Great video! And great English!
Very nicely done. Thank you for sharing.
Best build and advise on the tube. Well done. :)
Excellent video, well made. Thank you
Tämä on hieno lintuhuoneen video.
Olen oppinut siitä paljon.
Kiitos.
This is a great birdhouse video.
I learned a lot from it.
Thanks.
very good design, appropriate dimensions and workmanship.
Woodchucks will probably prefer enlarging the entrance rather than making a new hole so your metal guard will protect the eggs also against them. You could also consider deepening the entrance by mounting a wooden square around it before screwing the metal guard. This will protect the nest against cats, martens and other 'pawed' predators. My bird house got 'modified' by a woodchuck within several months and now it has both additional layer of wood and a piece of metal around the entrance. :)
I enjoy all your videos, with or without narration. Please keep them coming. I, too, am a woodworker, and appreciate your no-nonsense approach to your craft.
That saw is brilliant!
Thanks for this video, I was about to build a more basic version though now I'll be making this instead.
What a nice and useful video. I'm so glad you chose to use voice commentary, especially when your voice and diction are so clear. Text in a video distracts the viewer from the main activity, which is quite a loss, really. I liked each of your very valid explanations too. I'm going to build a bird house very soon, based on your video. Thanks for the inspiration.
I agree. Reading distracts the viewer.
First class bird house 👍👏👏🏴
Tip…on the inside of the front panel, glue some twigs or small off cuts. This makes it much easier for the chicks to climb out when they fledge
Lovely work. Thank you.
Glad to see you used metal hole guards to keep the squirrels from chewing in to eat the babies and destroy the box.. Most plans don't include that important feature. I use 1/4 hardware cloth / electro weld with a hole nipped out in it.
This is new information to me. Thanks for sharing this.
You really get it done! great job
Some fantastic tips there! Thanks a lot, man! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Great video the best design on TH-cam well done
Excellent tutorial. Thank you. 👌
Wow, nice work!
And very useful too, thanks ;)
Amazing! It can be so fun to help our bird friends whose habitat is much threatened in Europe....
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Hey man, neat little tricks for keeping the wood more dry. Somethings i didn't know yet. Cool!
Just amazing. Makes me want to try make something as well. Thank you.
Great video on how to make a FUNCTIONAL (not NICE) bird houss. Many thanks.
I like this. Thank you for sharing it.
Don't mention it.
Using this plan for birdhouse building with my daughter today. Great that it's done using hand tools and hand power tools. Very thoughtful design for the birds. You rock. Thanks for this!
My dad has been down-sizing recently and gave me some tools that I havent had a ton of experience with (a big ol' shop drill press and hand plainer amongst them). Your video gave me insight on some awesome tips on great ways to put them to use on a similar bird house. Thanks, sir!
You're welcome. Glad the video was useful to you!
IDIOT
First video of yours I have watched. I prefer videos with voice-over. Good job.
Lots of happy birds!
good solid looking house. All woodworkers should make at least 3-4 of them
Seeing a bird move in is so satisfying.
that was a brilliant made bird house and a interesting video .
Happy you liked it!
well thought out, good video!
Thank you for these lovely pointers! The birdhouse plan I downloaded didn't seem quite right, and looking at your video, I can see it wasn't. I'm going to make a few modifications and alter the plan accordingly for future builds. EDIT: I used a few bits of dowel stock to make a little ladder up the inside front of my bird house, to help the fledgelings out! :)
Great job!
Thank you for talking on your video. When I come across one without any talking or if it is speeded up then I usually give a 'Thumbs Down' and search for another one. I enjoyed yours. L. Woods, in Manitoba, Canada
great video!
Looks great
Very nice work and good video !
Very nice I will start on mine tomorrow
Outstanding
Love it!
Great video
👍
Thank you!
great bird house
Nice one mate! :) Enjoyed the whole video, keep it up :)
U know its good when black beard projects comments
Tip - You can also add table salt along with the wood glue to guarantee a stronger bind.
great video ! I like the idea of adding a predator gard , ive seen woodpeckers enter a nest and pull every chick out. it's sad but a reality out nature. but that seems like it would slow them down and maybe make it possible for mom to return in time to stop it. agian awesome video !👏👏👏
I like that predator guard!
Your English is very good!
Under the roof add a drip edge by cutting a 1/8” groove across the board to prevent rain water from flowing into the birdhouse front by convection. Also you want to toughen the wood inside the house under the hole so the baby birds can get a foothold climbing up.
Finn, when doing the sides(angle) surely If you flip the first piece, you already have the angle then cut the bottom to length
Asiallinen video. Hienoa, että joku intoutuu tekemään tyytysille pönttöjä ja vieläpä näin suurissa määrin. Jos toiste intoudut tekemään yhtäpaljon pönttöjä kannattaa kysellä porukkaa talkoisiin. Yksi katkoo, toinen liimaa, kolmas poraa ja neljäs ruuvaa :D Vielä kerran hyvää työtä ja kiitos videoista, näitä on ilo katsoa.
Mä oon mukana! :)
Perfect, thank you! perkele
You can also check whether your local municipality would consider commissioning a couple (of hundred) birdhouses!
Very nice build, is just missing a chamfer/bevel in the lower outsides cut to let the rain drip better
Awesome...
Ottima la lamiera anti predazione . Like
No nyt on hyvä vireo!!!
Muito bom!
Parabéns
Great video. There are lots of poorly constructed birdhouses being made and sold. This has lots of good design points and is a very good birdhouse. I recommend two further design elements for a perfect birdhouse.
The inside of the birdhouse entrance should be left rough so that the birds claws can get purchase, you did that in your video but did not mention it. I would also include a small gap at the top of the birdhouse where the roof joins the body, this will allow moisture and heat to escape.
I too have read about these features, but decided to only address the major features in this video. Going even further, the bottom ends of the walls could be cut at 45° angles to make water drip off faster and not soak in to the grain.
Great video , sorry about my lack of knowledge but how the guard is going to stop any woodpecker when the hole is there as before the guard ? Thanks 😊
Thanks. This is great - but you forgot the wallpaper ;-). I wish you well.
thanks
Its better with voice over. I find it easier to learn listening and watching someone than watching videos in pure silence.
Hienoa! Extremely well made video! Not only that, it's an important video. It is a bit unfortunate that birdhouses is the typical "first project", as they have probably yielded in way too many death traps. :(
Kiitos JWAM! Also, I don't want to make 50 birdhouses too often, so I try to build them to last.
It is equally important to create "cleats" inside the house on the interior front wall beneath the bird entrance\exit. This will enable fledgelings to leave.
Great project and nice tips! Very good narration. Why did you make so many of them?
There is currently a national campaign in Finland called "A million birdhouses". People are encouraged to build and hang birdhouses. The total goal is 1 million in a year. Currently we are at about 860 000. I might also try to sell a few.
Wow! Great idea, I will try to start encourage people for same national campaign in Ukraine for our birds, thanks for inspiration.
Great idea! Lets hope you get a movement going.
A well done voiced video. Now I'll hear you instead of me. LOL! I used to feed the birds but I have too many really good hunter cats. Not a good combination. Built feral cat hoses. I do miss the birds. Get a few brave or stupid Robins who take food out of cat dishes.
Cats can be problematic sometimes.
i'm a student working on nuthatches, please what kind of birdhouse is adapted for them ?
Finn Can I ask , Is there any one good size for the entrance Hole for European birds ? Excellent Informative video, Thank You
How do I protect from cats sitting on top. Iv sloped it and overhang the front by 3 inches. How can I stop cats taking the babies
Very very nice. How about house for chicadees in a cold environment thank you.
Great video, but i'm puzzled why, after you cut the angle for the pitch of the roof, did you cut another one, surely yo could just turn the next piece over and have exactly the same angle?
I’m new - really new - I wasn’t sure of the purpose of the metal bit installed around the bird opening access...how is that useful? Thank you.
another amazing video, you are an incredibly talented craftsman. did you use pallet wood to make them?
This was reclaimed wood from an old building. More information in the description.
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