Bird Houses

From left to right: Kestrel, wood duck, and screech owl.

Wood duck house

Many hands make light work

Our goal for our property is to provide habitat for as many native species as possible.  This year we built a few bird houses to further the cause.  So far we've had a few prospectors but no takers yet; Blue Birds, Tree Swallows, and House Wrens.  I suspect either the house wrens or the tree swallows will take up residency first.  They're not too shy about moving into a new place.  But often times bird houses will sit empty for the first year.  We made: 7 blue bird/tree swallow houses, 10 wren houses, 4 woodpecker houses, a wood duck house, a kestrel house, and a screech owl house, for a total of 24 bird houses!