Extreme Birdhouses

[john looser]

Hi everyone , Here is another one of my Extreme Birdhouses

It is 9 ft wide and over 8 ft high and made of 150 yr old reclaimed barn wood.
This bird mansion has 13 roofs, 32 dormers, fly through tunnel and over 100 apartments.



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[Jim Becker]

Hmm...I can just picture a few of the more bird formal species dressing up as Mounties and standing guard at the front portico of that one! LOL :D

Very nice, John...incredible piece as usual!

[Lewis Cobb]

John - how much time would you have into something like that? It's amazing....

[john looser]

Thank you Jim and Lewis
This house took me about 6 weeks to build over a 2 year period.
I usually have an idea about what i am building but in this case i just designed as i went along. :rolleyes:
It cost about $ 100.00 to build. nails and paint.

[Josh LaFrance]

John, that isn't a Greater Swiss Mountain dog in the background is it? I've got a 6mo old puppy.

[Bill Huber]

John, that thing is as big as some peoples house....:D

That is I would say one hell of a bird house and if I was a bird I would really be prod to live in it.

Just outstanding as are all of your houses.

[Steve Rowe]

John,
It looks like you have way too much time on your hands.:D Nice work.
Steve

[Tony Ward]

John ~ I make the biggest birdhouses!

You've got my vote mate, well done.

[john looser]

Thanks again gentlemen
I have been retired now for 6 years due to an injury so yes i do have a lot of time on my hands. :D

[Jack Camillo]

Holy birdcrap, Batman.... Good show, sir.

[Norman Pyles]

Simply amazing.:cool:

[Chris Barnett]

Picture #2 shows a closeup of your latest birdhouse. It looks remarkably like the distant one to the left in the same picture. Quite a hefty supoort post! Or am I missing something. Regardless, one fine complex for our feathered friends. I cannot determine a scale but the holes seem quite small. Purple martins like communal quarters; what species are you targeting?

[john looser]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments .

Chris
This birdhouse is designed more for sparrows and swallows because of its size.
The holes are 1 1/3" and the birds will fill this thing pretty fast.
I will be looking to mount this on a minimum of a 24" diameter post.

The birdhouse in the backround is much smaller . it,s about 30" x 26"