Bird House questions

[carole aka craftywoman]

Felicity I love your bird feeder, I'm looking forward to seeing the next one. Personally I wouldn't layer in plastic, if it does get damp inside the plastic will make it soggy, I like the idea of drain holes at the bottom.

Seams - umm well for my pods I didn't fully full the felt (there's a tongue twister) then I took out the resist and with my hand inside the pod on the seam edges I used an electric sander on the outside and it 'seamed' to work (apologies for the puns - I think I got up too early)

Now I want to make bird houses and feeders too, there are so many ideas on this site and not enough hours in the day :-)

[luvswool and dyestuff]

Carole, Did I hear you correctly that you had your hand inside the pod on the seam edges with the sander on the outside?
Love your puns! Never too early in the morning for fun!

[Just Felt Like It!]

PLEASE remember that birds like to roost too in lousy weather, so even if they are not nesting, they will use the houses to get out of bad weather, says my good friend who owns The Wild Bird Chalet - bird house and supplies store here in Bellingham, WA.

[luvswool and dyestuff]

Justfeltlikeit--that gives me encouragement to build a bird feeder, because we sure do get some lousy weather in Chicago. Next 5 days have rain in the forecast!
Would you mind asking your Chalet friend how large that bird house/feeder should be to make it attractive to birds?

[Pandagirl]

Welcome justfeltlikeit and thanks for the info on the bird houses. Good to know.

[halay]

I made one yesterday. It's quite large, can accommodate the whole family - living room, bedroom, kitchen, - for the bathroom I need to provide drainage. If the birds chose not to nest there, I hope they use it as shelter.

[felicity]

It's beautiful! I do like it! I am sure you can use it as a feeder (it might be a bit shallow for nesting - the position of the hole is slightly low) or just a decorative object in the garden. Very nice! What wool did you use?

[Shepherdess]

great job, I think a feeder too. the hole is quite large. I never said on the blog but I put a rubber washer between the knot in the string and the hole in the top for the string. The hole is not big just from the needle poking through but the washer stops the knot making the hole bigger and pulling through.

[halay]

Yes, the hole is perhaps too big and the bottom too shallow but I'm encouraged by what justfeltlikeit said namely that the birds might use it for shelter.

[Pandagirl]

It's beautiful Halay. I'm sure the birds will love it.

[luvswool and dyestuff]

Halay, I like the pattern and colors of your bird house. Did you use any pre felts to create the design? Very nice.

[Just Felt Like It!]

I am suggesting bird houses for nesting and roosting

also please help me figure out how to reply to comments

- the BIG bird pod that says its for a family has the hole entirely toooo low, preditor birds will attack and there is really little refuge with that big a hole and so low.  big holes okay but need to be higher up for going inside and getting warmed....and staying safe.

might make a good feeder instead..

[Shepherdess]

looks like you figured out how to reply. You can use the quick reply at the bottom of each page or you can click the reply button on the right hand side of the quick rely box. it will open a new reply box where you can ad pictures and links if you want to.

[MTRuth]

It looks great - I love the design.

[zed]

I would have thought that if birds liked something and wanted to use it as a nest, they'd just adapt it, cover the hole with sticks etc if it's too big/low, probably even pull off some of the wool from inside too.