Crafts & Hobbies, Projects, Engineering, Birdwatching, Technology, birdhouses -- design and construction, bird feeders -- design and construction 

When winter sets in, woodpeckers and chickadees, wrens and bluebirds will begin to pick bare their natural food supplies and will welcome regular feeding from a garden feeder. Birdhouses fitted to nearby walls or trees anticipate the prospect of spring and provide everyone with the joy of watching nesting birds.

Build Your Own Birdhouses is not strictly for the birds. Here's a beautifully illustrated, comprehensive handbook offering over 20 nesting houses and seven feeders, from very simple hinged boxes to more elaborate birdbaths and sculptures. Each project has easy-to-follow, complete instructions, comprehensive technical drawings giving accurate dimensions, and material lists - everything to enable the woodworker enthusiast to create delightful features for their backyard or as gifts for friends. An introductory section outlines a starter tool kit and the basic techniques required for successful constructions and gives valuable information on where to site your table or feeder for best protection and encouragement.

Few sights are more delightful than watching the rearing of young birds. Build Your Own Birdhouses offers that opportunity but with the additional satisfaction of the birdhouse being of your own creation.

The Author

Formally an architectural design technician, and with a background in pottery, silversmithing, and modelmaking, John Perkins' career has taken him from furniture and product design to exhibition sculpture. John contributes to leading woodworking magazines and has written several books, in addition to involvement in technical consultancy and advertising for several leading power and hand tool companies.

Working from his studio and workshop at his home in a rural area, renowned for its natural and unspoilt beauty, John can enthusiastically observe the local diverse bird life.

Taken from the back cover.