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Make your birdhouse the pefect size
Built your bird house to fit a specific bird

The first thing we need to know is that a custom fit home is always the best. If you are trying to attract a certain type of bird then we'll want to make sure that we don't make the entrance home in the birdhouse to small or too big. If we make the hole in the bird's house too big it will allow predators to infiltrate the home. A big hole will also allow larger birds to take over the birdhouse and evict your targeted guest.

Use the table below when constructing your bird house to make sure that it is the most optimal. Always double check the bird house plans to make sure that all your measurements are correct. Then get ready to do some bird watching!!!

Here is a couple of sites that give away and sell birdhouse plans woodprojects.com , CCSM (wren birdhouse) , choose freedom (pdf of traditional birdhouse) . If you have a plan or know of a place to get a birdhouse plan then email us here and we'll update our list.


Species Base
(inches)
Heigth
(inches)
Hole above base
(inches)
Diameter of Hole
(inches)
Height
above Ground
(feet)
 
Bluebird 5 X 5 8 6 1 1/2 5-10
Chickadee 4 X 4 8-10 6-8 1 1/8 6-15
Titmouse 4 X 4 8-10 6-8 1 1/4 6-15
Nuthatch 4 X 4 8-10 6-8 1 1/4 12-20
Bewick's Wren 4 X 4 6-8 4-6 1 - 1 1/4 6-10
Carolina Wren 4 X 4 6-8 4-6 1 1/2 6-10
Purple Martin 6 X 6 6 2 2 1/2 10-15
Crested Flycatcher 6 X 6 8-10 6-8 2 8-20
Flicker 7 X 7 16-18 14-16 2 1/2 6-20
Red-Headed Woodpecker 6 X 6 12-15 9-12 2 12-20
Downy Woodpecker 4 X 4 9-12 6-8 1 1/4 6-20
Robin 6 X 8 8 (1+ sides open) (1+ sides open) 6-15
Barn Swallow 6 X 6 6 (1+ sides open) (1+ sides open) 8-12
Phoebe 6 X 6 6 (1+ sides open) (1+ sides open) 8-12
Screech Owl 8 X 8 12-15 9-12 3 10-30
Wood Duck 10 - 18 10-24 12-16 4 10-20

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