The Appeal Of Nautical Bird Houses
The world is full of bird lovers. One of the things that bird lovers like to do is encourage as many birds to take up residence in the bird lover's property. In an effort to attract the birds to their property the person spends a great deal of time hanging up bird feeders, cleaning bird baths, and constructing bird houses. Some of the bird lovers, the ones with whimsical souls, hang nautical bird houses.
What Are Nautical Bird Houses?
When the average person thinks of a bird house they generally have a mental picture of a simple homemade box like structure, crafted out of weathered scraps of lumber, and hanging on a crooked fence post next to an abandoned road. What the average person doesn't realize is that the world is full of novelty bird houses that are anything but simple. There is a huge market for novelty bird houses, including nautical bird houses.
Some people might think that a nautical bird house is a bird house that is nailed to a telephone pole or cemented to a rock. They probably assume that a nautical bird house is one that is designed for nesting Sea Gulls and Pelicans. The truth is that the average Sea Gull or Pelican would never fit in a nautical bird house. Nautical bird houses are built with songbirds in mind. The nautical theme is hung on the bird houses because they are built to resemble a nautical theme. Most nautical bird houses are designed to look like light houses. Other novelty bird houses can look like quaint old stores, Victorian mansions, riverboats, diners, fire stations, and log cabins.
Building A Nautical Bird House
Unlike the plain bird house on the crooked fence post, most bird lovers aren't able to build their own nautical bird house; the elaborate design is simply to complicated for someone who isn't an accomplished carpenter. Most novelty bird houses are designed and built by professional woodworkers.
Mounting A Novelty Bird House
Although novelty bird houses are designed to be used by birds it isn't unusual for someone to purchase one of the whimsical houses and never use it for birds. They place the novelty bird house in a prominent place in their home and use it as a conversation piece. If you choose to mount your novelty bird house outside and let a couple of songbirds move in, you need to properly mount the bird house. Make sure that your novelty bird house is mounted somewhere that cats and dogs won't be able to disturb the nesting birds. When the birds have moved out you will need to make sure that the bird house is thoroughly cleaned. When not using the novelty bird house take the bird house down and store it inside.
