It is Good to be a Bird in Millsburg

With the mornings now taking a bit longer to unfold it affords some quiet time in the workshop.

Second cup of coffee in hand, some tunes on the radio and the smell of sawdust and spray paint mixing with the aromatic java.

In the time it takes for the third cup of coffee to disappear it is possible to build a bird house.

When the construction of the house in Millsburg was completed all the scraps of cedar trim, siding pieces and any other wood that could be used for building something were gathered and stored away. The larger pieces got used first. Adirondack chair, some shelves and a bunch of other uses.

This left over a collection of ideal size pieces for building birdhouses.

For the past week or so I made one birdhouse each morning.

There are now several new birdhouses.

It is like a Bird Resort outside.

The first three were built with a specific location in mind.

The posts that were installed for the railing earlier this summer seemed ideal for housing some birds.

The next one is mounted on the deck.



Maybe there will be some baby birds in time for Memorial Day next spring.



A couple more that are the same basic design have been embellished with some bits and pieces of wood and glass.



















The other two bird houses have not yet been painted or stained. The cedar will become naturally grey if left outside in the elements.