Excerpt from Homes for BirdsMany people enjoy songbirds and would like to do something to attract them to their surroundings. Birds are fascinating to look at, listen to, and study. Habits of nesting and rearing and feeding the young can be studied, as well as growth of the young from emergence from the eggs to time of departure from parental care.Building a nesting box for birds is the start of an immensely rewarding hobby - bird watching - and at the same time satisfies an urge by many to do something to attract our feathered friends. Many types of designs for bird houses are available, including several that are simple to build. All that's required are a few basic tools and materials and anyone can complete such a project given a simple design. Choice of specific design for the bird house is essential, however, as each species of bird is attracted by a different type of home.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.