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Bird-friendly nest boxes & feeders : 12 easy-to-build designs that attract birds to your yard Cover Image Book Book

Bird-friendly nest boxes & feeders : 12 easy-to-build designs that attract birds to your yard

Meisel, Paul 1946- (Author).

Summary: Offers twelve designs for building traditional birdhouses and feeders, and provides insight into creating the perfect backyard bird environment. Meisel covers how to attract the right kinds of birds and ensure that they will keep coming back. He includes complete plans for making basic, practical bird-welcoming structures, accompanied by patterns, illustrations and full color photographs. Also included are instructions on mounting techniques, types of paint to use and cleaning tips, and environmental insights and interesting avian trivia. Meisel also goes into technical detail on subjects like cavity size, proper hole size, and the ideal distance from hole to cavity floor.

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  • ISBN: 9781565236929 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1565236920 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    111 pages : illustrations, color photographs, plans ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: East Petersburg, Pa. : Fox Chapel Pub., [2012]

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: Birdhouses. Bluebird house ; Wood duck house ; Window view house ; Chickadee birdhouse and roost ; Small raptor nest box ; Martin house -- Bird feeders. Traditional suet feeder ; Underside suet feeder ; Squirrel-proof bird feeder ; Oriole wishing well feeder ; Traditional bird feeder ; Scallop-roof bird feeder -- Appendices. Full-size plans ; Additional resources ; Nest box dimensions ; Feeding preferences.

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Paul Meisel has had 10 years' experience as an industrial arts instructor. He now owns Meisel Hardware Specialties, a project plan and woodworking supply company that focuses on distributing plans for woodworking projects that are accessible for carving students and beginners as well as experts.

Paul Meisel has had 10 years experience as an industrial arts instructor.  He now owns Meisel hardware Specialties, a project plan and woodworking supply company that focuses on distributing plans for woodworking projects that are accessible for carving students and beginners as well as experts. 

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