The Audubon Birdhouse Book

 

The Audubon Birdhouse Book is the most authoritative book available for creating safe, sturdy, and easy-to-build homes for many of North America’s favorite birds. This updated second edition includes important new and timely topics including impacts of climate change on birds, nestbox monitoring for community science, native plants, and how bird lovers can help birds.

Audubon Birdhouse Book explains how to build and place functional DIY bird homes that are safe and appropriate for more than 20 classic North American species, from wrens to raptors. Each of the easy-to-build boxes and shelves within is accompanied by cut listsspecially created line diagrams, and step-by-step photography, making the projects accessible to those with even the most rudimentary woodworking skills. In addition, this practical and beautifully presented guide is packed with color photography and information about the bird species covered: wrens, warblers, bluebirds, flycatchers, swallows, titmice, owls, flickers, kestrels, chickadees, ducks, mergansers, doves, robins, finches, phoebes, loons, swifts, herons, and ospreys. You can click here to find out more information.

Look for this guide at your local bookstore or online at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble, or directly through the publisher, QuartoKnows.