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Simple beginner bird house - PEP BB dimensional.sand.birdhouse

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For this BB, I decided to basically follow the instructions in the posted video. I started with an old poplar 1x6, cut the pieces, sanded them, and drilled a 1 1/4" hole. It was assembled with screws, and finished with linseed oil. It is far from perfect, but a bird may find it suitable.
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Starting 1x6 spruce.
Starting 1x6 spruce.
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Pieces cut and sanded.
Pieces cut and sanded.
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Completed bird house.
Completed bird house.

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

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Here’s my simple birdhouse. It was made with scrap lumber and screws and left untreated. It’s a very basic design and I’m curious what if any birds decide to show up.
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Western blue bird birdhouse!!! can't wait to go hang it up

I did two holes because i heard from a bird that they like to have two holes so one can be inside and one can be defending the nest whilst in the hole...?
Starting wood: i ended up using about 3 pieces of large scrounged (probably 3 feet by 8 inches )recycled lumber and cut those
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the design with dimensions!


action shot below!


two holes and the notch make a nice lil face


another angle

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Well, I made a birdhouse. I decided to use a piece of scrap shiplap that had one side ripped off for some previous project, and it made everything worse. Sigh!

I charred the outside faces (with slight mistakes) to see how that works as a preservative treatment. The house will also be placed under the shallow eave of our sauna, so that’ll help.

This is built for a Great Crested Flycatcher.

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Plans I found online.
Plans I found online.
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My starting plank.
My starting plank.
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Charring my cut out boards.
Charring my cut out boards.
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Put together with a dog’s-breakfast of nails, it’s solid and one side hinges open for cleaning, but it sure isn’t handsome.
Put together with a dog’s-breakfast of nails, it’s solid and one side hinges open for cleaning, but it sure isn’t handsome.
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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- build a simple beginner bird house
- a bird might want to live in it (maybe a really ugly and desperate bird)
- It won't kill the bird
- Made from wood, nails and/or screws - no glue
- 5" wide or greater
- Weather resistant design - for the bird and for the longevity of the house

To document your completion of the BB, provide photographic or video (<2 minutes long) of the following:
- Wood you're starting with
- Bird house under construction
- Bird house installed in its final location

Clarifications:
- A bit tung oil or linseed oil on the exterior is acceptable.  Using rot resistant woods that don't need protection is about ten times better than using lessor wood treated with oil.



I wanted to use cedar but I couldn’t get hold of any. My local Home Depot was flooded out and closed for a month. It’s now reopened but won’t be fully stocked for a while. I made enquires - apparently it’s the wrong time of year for cedar . . . So I used pine. To help with weather resistance, I used shingles I made in a PEA Metal Work Badge Bit and hung it under eves to give it as much protection as possible.

I only used hand tools for this project.

Here’s the board I used and sketch of my ideas. It’s 1 x 6 so true dimensions are closer to 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches.



Here are the pieces I’m starting with labeled and ready for construction.



Boring the entry hole



Drilling and countersinking the screw holes



Chiselling the slots for the hinges



Hinges installed



Making a baffle from a piece of tulip wood



Finished bird box with roof from tin cans



Easily accessible for cleaning and secured with small bolt



Installed under eves

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To document your completion of the BB, provide photographic or video (<2 minutes long) of the following:
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- Bird house under construction
- Bird house installed in its final location

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More happy birdies out there, just in time for spring. Ash put one up a week or two ago and I'm pretty sure there's a little guy living there already!

I used a bit of cedar that I had lying around, and some leftover screws. I notched two pieces together for the roof so that it would be wide enough and wouldn't leak.
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Bit of cedar I had leftover. It's about 5'' wide.
Bit of cedar I had leftover. It's about 5'' wide.
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Pieces cut and ready for assembly
Pieces cut and ready for assembly
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Fully assembled
Fully assembled
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Happy home for a lucky little bird
Happy home for a lucky little bird

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Ok so this was the biggest learning curve for me so far. Full disclosure, I am terrible at wood working, as you will see with this birdhouse. However, this made me get out of my comfort zone and try something new. I made the bird house first with nails, which went horribly, so I replaced most of them with screws. I had a bunch of weather resistant wood left over from the previous homeowners, so this was a great way to use it.

You will see a bird house on a outlet box, that is the only platform I have in my yard. The previous birdhouse was a 3 hole, side by side bird hotel. But only one family of birds used it, then followed by a family of wasp. Sadly, it had started to decay and fall apart. So I replaced it with my new (ish) house. The wasp family never came back so no worries on harming our insect friends.
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My starting wood
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So far so good
So far so good
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Replacing this older house because it is falling apart.
Replacing this older house because it is falling apart.
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It isn't pretty, but it is solid and sturdy. Hopefully a VERY needy bird will call this home.
It isn't pretty, but it is solid and sturdy. Hopefully a VERY needy bird will call this home.
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Note: Your bird house does not fulfill the weather resistant design requirement. Rain water will find its way in from the top, as the roof does not overhang the walls.

 
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Here are the progress shots of the assembly of this birdhouse.

I've started a blog about my attempts at earning badge bits, and I've written about my experience of this badge bit too:

https://skipthejourney.wordpress.com/2022/05/15/bb2-a-simple-beginner-birdhouse/

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I built a simple beginner bird house from untreated pallet wood. I treated the exterior with linseed oil. It's held together with finishing nails.





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