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16th February 2021, 04:52 PM
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My bird sanctuary
The Bird Guardian ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7OlF396pyM ) is an entrance cover to a bird nesting box that is touted to help prevent predators from gaining entrance. I added a few to some of my existing bird nesting boxes mainly because I like the looks...
I hope that the songbirds in my yard, which I am turning into a bird sanctuary, like the looks of these bird nesting box entrances as much as I do.
I have just purchased an electric brad nailer which will make it easier to build bird nesting boxes than using hammer and nails. I plan to build several types of nesting boxes as well as placing feeders for the various types of birds that live in or visit my yard...
Last edited by rpcrowe; 16th February 2021 at 05:30 PM.
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17th February 2021, 06:35 PM
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Re: My bird sanctuary
Those look really great. I bet that "your" birds will love it.
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17th February 2021, 09:59 PM
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Re: My bird sanctuary
Nice work Richard. The Brad nailer will make the work easier and faster.
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18th February 2021, 12:33 AM
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Re: My bird sanctuary
When you assume something- it makes an ass out of u and me.
I purchased a DeWalt staple and brad nail gun from Amazon.com. It did not state the length brad nail it could drive but, it had 1.25 inch nails as items frequently bought together with the driver. I assumed that this driver would accommodate the 1.25 inch nails that were frequently bought with it. Wrong, the driver would only accommodate 7/8 inch nails. This would not be suitable for the thickness of wood I would be working with so - I returned it to Amazon. Return was free - so nothing lost!
I then visited my local Home Depot store and purchased a Ryobi 18 volt One+ battery operated brad nail driver. I have several other One+ battery operated tools so I have some extra 18 volt batteries. The driver will accommodate 18 gauge brad nails of lengths from 3/4 inches to 2 inches. I purchased some 1" and 1.25" brad nails - so I should be set up for the bird houses and for some other work; like replacing door trim scratched up by rescue dogs.
I have an acre and a quarter of yard so I plan on fabricating a large number of bird nesting boxes... Using cedar fence slats, the cost of the nesting boxes are quite minimal and I can customize the boxes for the type birds I want to attract, As an example, doves will be happy with a different type nesting box than bluebirds...
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12th March 2021, 12:48 AM
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12th March 2021, 01:06 AM
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