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(More customer reviews)Once you plow through the diatribe condemming man for destroying the bird's environment, there are a lot of creative ideas here if you want to build birdhouses and nesting platforms. The book is illustrated with freehand drawings that can be hard to follow, but this is not meant to be a book of plans, more as an inspiration to the creative.
There is a brief chart showing the diameter of entrance hole for a few species, but it is not as complete as other sources. He does not get into any great detail about where to mount houses, proper interior sizes or spacing for the different species.
Most of his designs are for pole mounted houses and he gives some creative ideas for poles. Several ideas are for wall mounted houses. He does have a few designs for hanging houses. One of the more interesting houses is a pole mounted "earth sheltered" nesting platform.
If you want more technical information, I'd suggest Scott D. Campbell's "The Complete Book of Birdhouse Construction for Woodworkers" (available from Amazon.com.) Campbell's book is an excellent companion to Well's book and a basic technical reference for building birdshouses. You can modify the creative designs in Well's book to conform to the researched standards in Cambell's book.
The more information you have before you start, the better your results will be!
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Most birdhouses, according to "underground architect"Malcolm Wells, are "silly-looking boxes embarrassing us out ofdoors. We owe it to the Creator of the birds, if not the birdsthemselves, to give it our very best shot; to say, somehow, in humanterms, what they say so movingly in grass and twigs and straw." Theauthor has been giving it his best shot for over 40 years, creatinglittle habitats of weathered wood that belong to and blend elegantlywith the landscape. The 25 easy-to-follow designs presented here (withthe author's humorous and philosophical asides) will make both birdsand people happy.
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