Habitat day at the homestead

[Admin]

Been talking about building nesting boxes for too long, today we put everything else off and made a bunch of boxes. Banged out 10 wren/chickadee boxes, 6 robin & pheobe shelfs, 2 wood duck boxes and an owl box. Got most of them up but I'm tuckered out and need some wine and a tubby.

It took me some thinking but I figured out a way to have the boxes open for cleanout and latch in the field without any hinges or tools.

I screwed in a L shaped screw in the center front of the floor and then cut a 1/8"x3/4" slot in the front of the box. The front of the box hinges simply by 2 nails driven in from the sides of the box about an inch down from the top.





When the L shaped screw is pointing down it slips through the slot in the cover. Once the cover is closed I simply turn the screw up and the cover is latched ;D ;D ;D I gave myself a karma for that one. And a beer



The pup was harping on me about getting these things hung



But he's not very steady at holding the ladder



Anyway, we got most of them up and I like the way they look around the homestead ;D



I'll let ya know if we get any tenants

I wonder how many PETA people actually did something to help wildlife today? Probably none, all too busy firebombing animal research labs

[woodsman416]

Nice job JC. I think you deserve more than 1 Karma! ;D

[snydboshawn]

I'll fling ya a karma for this one too JC. ;D Sweet idea! I'm going to make some wood duck boxes myself this week. Put up a few more pics of those if you could to help me along.

[maritimer]

More Karma JC ;D Can't wait to see how they work out for ya!

[Admin]

Mar 20, 2010 20:24:57 GMT -5 snydboshawn said:

I'll fling ya a karma for this one too JC. ;D Sweet idea! I'm going to make some wood duck boxes myself this week. Put up a few more pics of those if you could to help me along.

I'll take some measurments and post a diagram of how I made them. I been thinking about doing this for years and it was nice to finally put it into action. Mamma wanted the boxes to open for cleanout and I'm too stubborn cheap to buy hinges. This worked out pretty slick ;D

Thanks for the karma fella's

[trapperandhunter]

lookin good that idea would work for weasel boxes as well!

[Admin]

I looked out the kitchen window this morning and there was a chickadee clinging to the front of one of the boxes and peeking in the hole. That was fast. I hope he moves in ;D

[acewoodsman]

another karma here jc have u ever used the gourds,, we grow our own an use them for purple martins i just got done painting an hanging mine last wk,, i'll post u a pic when it quits raining i'm growing some more this yr like always an i'll ship u a few if u want to try them out oh an i'm sure ur right about the peta idiots

[keeper172]

Great job JC! Karma to ya buddy. I've thought about doing some boxes around here just never got around to it.

[acewoodsman]

here's the gourd martin house's that i grow they're on a telescoping pole that i can let down to replace or repaint them