Extreme birdhouse # 16

[cranbrook2]

Hi everyone , here is my latest project. this hotel is made from 120 yr old reclaimed barn board. it is 5 1/2 ft x 5 1/2 ft. 90 plex.the roof will be steel with wood dormers. thanks for looking.
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[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Well let me be the first to say you outdid yourself again. The ideas and concepts are mindboggling. Job well done. I assume the openings are closed until the "Grand Opening" There will be a ribbon cutting ceromony and all. I have a picture of a woodpecker pecking his way through the ribbon, in my mind. :) I have seen photos of your place where you set these up and this should be a great addition. Nice work.

[pops-shop]

That is definitely not a bird house.

It looks more like a bird hotel or condominium.

Fantastic. Is this a ground sitter, an elevated sitter or a pole sitter?????

[cranbrook2]

Thank you John and Fred
I always drill the holes last because the birds try to get into them before i get them off the ground.
this birdhouse will be mounted 8 or 9 ft in the air on a single post.
It only weighs about 220-250 lbs. The hardest part is digging a hole 5 ft down by hand.
i have had 2 newspapers do a story on them so far.
i got this wood from my fire pit

Thanks again gentlemen.
john

[pops-shop]

this birdhouse will be mounted 8 or 9 ft in the air on a single post. It only weighs about 220-250 lbs.

Say what??????

I think "post" is an understatement. When I think "post" I think landscape timmer or something of that sort. 220-250 lbs.??? Gotta see this one (with you in the picture to scale it. gotta see it

fred

[cranbrook2]

hi Fred . these post i use are about 600- 800 lbs a piece. these 2 post were from a tree that got hit by lightning. i only use fallen post. no cutting the live ones. the post will look like these ones.
john

http://www.woodworking-galleries.org/pp/data/500/427530165tbKaVm_ph.jpg

http://www.woodworking-galleries.org/pp/data/500/427519363vVTcYl_ph.jpg

[bronco]

I bet the birds love coming to your house for the weekend.
Bill

[cranbrook2]

Thanks Bill .
yes they like to visit a lot but they keep leaving this white stuff all over them