I’ve made my first attempt at building an outdoor birdhouse. There were a few issues to deal with that I didn’t have to contend with when I built my other birdhouses.

First, it needs to be able to keep out the rain. So I made sure the roof was at a 45º angle so that I would be able to simply overlap the two roof pieces and then seal up the tiny cracks with silicone seal.

Second, if any birds do choose to make this their home, I need to be able to clean it out during the slow season (winter). So I put a little door in the back for easy access.

And finally, it had to be mounted somewhere. So I put up an eight-foot pole for it. But the birdhouse had such a wide base that I wanted extra support, so I cut four little support arms out of wooden garden stakes and drilled them to the pole.

Click the picture above to see a few more photos.

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