SELECTING A BIRDHOUSE

As a bird watcher, if you want to create the atmosphere needed to attract a variety of birds to your yard. You need to select the type of bird house to make them comfortable. In selecting a bird house you need to make sure it is well ventilated has a slanted roof and holes in the floor for water drainage. You also want to make sure the house doesn’t have a perch in case larger birds are stalking the smaller birds and wait for them to come out. You want the birds to feel safe and comfortable in their bird house so they will want to remain in the bird house as long as possible and return every season.

The bird houses on the market today have taken on a new and improve look. Bird houses of old were more apt to be made of wood, such as a beach house, a cottage with a thatched roof or church where today you can find more houses made of poly resin and molded into different shapes, such as a tube, a animal or even a crocodile. A bird house should make your friendly fliers feel safe and secure and give them a place to raise their young. By providing them with a bird house they will return to you and you will be able to watch them year after year.