OK, your lovely lady wants you to build a bird box (Great, I love it!)....OK, noooo problem (stay calm & smile.)

            Check out this super simple but VERY high class design....& the birds love it too (give them a day or so to get used to it, & put some paper towels or soft grass inside) .... "WOW LUXURY" say the birds (& the box looks great  too).... The photos below show the first time....

 " Birds Meet Box "


OK, YOU WANT TO MOVE IN?...First you got to get past the bouncer, "Bad Captain Hook" (& he is sooo bad).... ( This is the small box with left pivoting latch down & the front panel slide open.

 



HOUSE HUNTING BIRDS MEET THE SMALL & MEDIUM BOXES (the first time)( Lucky [left, girl] & Lollipop [boy, right]) ...(Bad Captain Hook went to the bathroom).

 

 

LOLLIPOP & LUCKY FIND A HOME
(the large box) BUT 1.) Bad Captain Hook is back from the bathroom & 2.) That's "July" who has already moved in (I told you the birds like these boxes.

 

BIRD BOXES (high class but simple)

CONSTRUCTION DIMENSIONS

 

SMALL

MEDIUM

LARGE

Height of back panel (fixes to wall)

10”

15”

20”

Width of back panel

6”

8”

10”

Overall depth of box

6”

9”

12”

Diaiameter of entry hole

2”

3”

4”

Diameter of air & view holes

12mm

15mm

25mm

Sides & bottom plywood thickness

12mm

15mm

20mm

Perch bar diameter & length

12mm x 14”

18mm x18”

25mm x 22”

 

                                                          NOTES

 

BAD CAPTAIN HOOK

1.) Front panel is removable & is held in place by 2 pivoting side “latches” & 2 vertical drop pins (no hinges.)

2.) Plywood is exterior (or marine), screwed, glued & varnished with clear tinted exterior polyurethane.

3.) don’t forgot to put 1 small drain hole in each corner of the bottom as the box is built for outside.


ALL THE BIRD BOXES HERE AT BIG GYM CITY WILL SOON GO INTO THE AVIARY (which is even now approaching completion)


© Steve Dolby 2004 all rights reserved