Building a Big Fancy Cedar Birdhouse MM 119 

Many thanks, I been tryin to find out about "bird houses to build kits" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Daniliana Birdfly Babar - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some super things about it and my buddy got amazing success with it.

Winner of a video, I've been looking for "cardinal bird house plans" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Daniliana Birdfly Babar - (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my buddy got cool results with it.

Send me a picture of your bird house, henri.chase95@gmail.com I'd like to show it off in one of my videos, with your permission. My real name is Henri Chase.

The prototype did help. I always regret it when I don't build a prototype on something I've never built before. What happens is the finished product becomes the prototype as I change and rework the project. Moreover, not having a prototype makes the video process harder (and I certainly don't need that). Specifically, what happens is that I often video hours of footage that isn't used, as I change the design and have to start over. Bottom line making a prototype often saves me work, as I don't have to video it. But most importantly, while building the prototype I can concentrate totally on the project. Thanks for the kind words and the comment. Let's get to work.

Missing you.

Still missing you. About ready to start year seven without you. Sorry, ex-military, and we don't like leaving anyone behind. Hope everything is going well, as I still remember some of our in-depth conversations.

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I got another comment on this video, then noticed that I never answered your comment!!! Only seven months late, and heck fire, I'm sober - unlike that special entry the other night. Special indeed. I'm horsed up a little better now on birdhouses. Fact is, this is the first one I ever built from scratch, which is why I built the prototype. Also, being a rookie birdhouse builder, I felt I needed plenty of guidance, which is why I tried to copy that picture. The picture showed a rather rougher, more unfinished look, which is what some of the purest birdhouse guys go for. Some of these purest go to extremes, with no finish, exact sizing requirements for different species, special ventilation and correct lighting, etc. It is amazing when you start a new kind of project to learn all the things you never even thought of. Thanks for watching my video SEVEN MONTHS AGO, and I'll try to do better in keeping up with comments!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yezfr3eYxKs.html I build a purple martin house in the linked video. Thanks for the view and the comment.

@@MemphisApplegate Thanks! I just watched it. Looks marvelous!

I have spent months researching into constructing a bird house and found a fantastic website at Aviary Magic Method (check it out on google)

Wish I could, but I don't have anything on this project. However, I do talk about the dimensions and angles in the video. I will double check my records, and I'll post anything I do find. Thanks for watching and commenting.

That would be great thank you so much. I am a beginner building but I will do my best.

Perhaps that explains all the dead birds under this thing! Just a joke of course, but the guidance is conflicting. Fact is, check around on the internet and you will find an expert that agrees with whatever you wanted to do anyway. Thanks for the view and the comment/

No I would have put in perches. I think the experts probably know best, but a birdhouse without the little dowel perch would look funny to me. Moreover, about every birdhouse I've ever seen has perches, and I've never heard that concern until I read it on the internet. Now, I know I should believe everything I read on the internet, but sometimes I weaken.

We have a lot of bluebird houses around here that don't have the perch. I think that may be because of the way they nest. Well, if it is on the internet it is true of course! Hahahahahha

On every new project I learn so much. Every kind of project has its own traditions, and rules, and experts. I'm currently reading up on Purple Martin bird houses, as a buddy wants one for next breeding season. I swear, a person could get a PhD on any of these subjects, and still feel unprepared. But I've beat the system. By doing a little bit of everything I don't have to claim to know anything. Of course, that may be wearing thin a little on cabinet making. Well, I gotta go. I'm going outside to set up cameras so that trolls won't put oil in my overflow tank. Oh wait, I don't have any trolls. So in that case, guess I'll have a nightcap. Thanks again for watching and commenting.

Purple Martin bird houses are easy. Just grow you a mess of gourds and dry them out, drill holes in them, paint them white and hang a bunch of them on a cross beam on a pole. Hhahahah I can't wait to see your version of them. Your strength is that you are not afraid to tackle anything. I have to fight that sort of fear constantly....(brag section) I actually repaired my toilet by replacing the fill valve this week. Of course, I shouldn't brag because I waited until I got a water bill that was $20 more one month before I worked up the courage to do it. RU-vid is a great tool for things like this. You better get those cameras set up. You never know when those nasty trolls will strike. It is funny how they seem to strike some people and never others. Weird. I can't wait until I get a troll. Hahahaha Enjoy the night cap. I guess I will get to talk to you when you aren't as smart.

Memphis Applegate: I think keeping the perches was a good idea since most predators wouldn't be able to fit inside the small entrance holes (at least the enormous ravens we have around here wouldn't) and the birds seem to like perches. I don't know much about bird houses so I'm not really sure what types of predators "they" were referring to. BTW, everything on the Internet really is true. :-D (I had to edit this since for some strange reason YT doesn't see fit to post the reply or the name of the person being replied to under the correct comment. Oh wait, for RU-vid there's nothing strange about that I guess.)

Mr. Axe/Ax/Hatchet doesn't consider himself a possession. I told him the reason he never does anything is because he is a supervisor, in charge of the blackboard, the chalk, the deckchair, and the paper hat. However, the responsibility might be eating him up, as I heard him yelling orders to Mr. Paper Hat the other day. I may have to separate those two. 27 degrees just looked the best as I tried out different roof angles. I got that hole angle trick from something I read on the internet. I wouldn't have thought of it myself I don't think. The angle between the top and bottom was put there to allow rotation, but also (and importantly) drain water away from the seam. This geeneus didn't think of that trick either, as it is standard practice to angle "scarf" joints to the outside to facilitate water drainage away from the joint. Thanks for the kind words, and TWO comments, all on Sunday!!! You're the greatest.

Uhoh! It sounds like there is trouble brewing over there at the chalkboard. Mr. Axe/Ax/Hatchet and Mr Paper Hat at war can not end well. You may end up with a pile of confetti and no prized possession. If you chose 27 randomly, you chose well because it looks great. Sounds like that darn internet was quite useful for this project. It does make sense to angle that hole for drainage. So are you saying that having the angle allow for rotation was a happy bonus in this instance? I hadn't thought about drainage. I walked later today so I had time to watch your video earlier. I don't know if I had told you that I was having some serious issues with getting the hitch set up for my truck. My brother (the woodworker/electrician) helped me get it at the height it needed to be and he helped me hook it up and I pulled it and backed it a few times in my yard. I was actually able to move it over to the spot that I originally wanted it and it is straight with no damage to any property at all. First step yard next step actual pavement and roads. Hahahah At this rate, I will be ready to go camping in 2020.

Hooking up to the trailer is the hardest part. Took me a half hour yesterday trying to hook up to my boat (grass mowing). Really, towing and backing are pretty fast learning curves. It's the hooking up, securing, and setting up that are a drag. I'd check with your local RV dealership for the latest tricks on making that all happen. I know for sure you need a wheel on that hitch setup, and it would be wonderful if you had a concrete driveway to park it on. I say, that her out this weekend and do some camping. But don't forget the firewater.

Hooking up is going to be a huge problem for me. I think I am going to investigate a backup camera. There is a place for one on my truck, but I have read that they don't come prewired for them. There is also the pole system where you put poles on your truck and trailer to line them up. So far, my brother has helped me do this part. Some of the hookup and setup I am able to practice here at home but I am sure it will be totally different when I am at a campground and have an audience. I have a concrete driveway, but it is on enough of an incline that I wouldn't be comfortable parking it there. However, I am going to have to at least get some gravel put down for it because I can't handle the grass growing up around it. If I can overcome this learning to pull and back issue, I am going to start a business that teaches people to to trailers. I know I can't be the only person who has this problem. I have thought of going to one of these truck driving schools and see if someone there can teach me. Firewater will always be on the list. Hahahaha

American Kestrel - 3 inches (7.6 cm) Ash-Throated Flycatcher - 1 1/2 inches (3.8 cm) Barn Owl - 6 inches (15.2 cm) Black-Capped Chickadee - 1 1/8 inches (2.85 cm) Carolina Chickadee - 1 1/8 inches (2.85 cm) Carolina Wren - 1 1/2 inches (3.8 cm) Downy Woodpecker - 1 1/4 inches (3.2 cm) Eastern Bluebird - 1 1/2 inches (3.8 cm) Eastern Screech-Owl - 3 inches (7.6 cm) House Finch - 2 inches (5.1 cm) House Wren - 1 1/4 inches (3.2 cm) Northern Flicker - 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) Prothonotary Warbler - 1 1/8 inches (2.85 cm) Purple Martin - 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) Tree Swallow - 1 3/8 inches (3.5 cm) Tufted Titmouse - 1 1/4 inches (3.2 cm) Violet-Green Swallow - 1 1/2 inches (3.8 cm) Western Screech-Owl - 3 inches (7.6 cm) White-Breasted Nuthatch - 1 1/4 inches (3.2 cm) Wood Duck - 4 inches (10.2 cm)

No plans or anything else, I had to listen to what he did give and work out the rest myself. I would make a couple of changes especially how the swinging doors are screwed together, he has them too tight.🖖

I have no measurements, except those given in the video. I try not to repeat projects, so I don't often keep good measured drawings. sorry. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@MemphisApplegate bom dia, não sei tradução

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Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else needs to find out about build bird houses try Debuncar Amazing Aviary Aid ( search on google ) ? Ive heard some awesome things about it and my brother in law got cool success with it.

Is everything okay, Steve? Your comment seemed a little more passionate than a three-year old video on building a birdhouse might ordinarily generate. That being said, I've been trying to include more dimensions, pictures, and plans in my 150 or so videos since this one. I might make a Memphis Answers video featuring your question, provided you respond and approve. Again, thanks for watching and commenting.