If you’re interested in providing food and shelter to your feathered friends, the book Build Your Own Birdhouses and Feeders by John Perkins is full of ideas, diagrams and advice on selecting birdhouse and bird feeder locations. The more than 25 projects in the book include birdhouses shaped like a log cabin, medieval tournament tent and witch’s house, as well as a waterwheel with “built-in” birdbath. Bird feeder projects include a clock tower design and one that incorporates old garden tools. Build Your Own Birdhouses and Feeders is published by Firefly Books (ISBN 978-1-55209-135-7) and is priced at $19.95.
