Great Tits! (for the)

[TrollSpiel]

Chestnut, milled via Alaskan Mill. Dried for yonks.

 

Thought i'd make a few birdboxes, cant be making massive tables all the time...

 

Great tit sized - comes in all tit sizes

[Steve Bullman]

If there was a prize for best threat title of the month this would probably win it

 

nice box

[TrollSpiel]

I'm sure it will be "moderated" (ooh, how british!)

 

Ta mr ;-)

[harvey b davison]

Bloody hell, thats the poshest bird box i've ever seen.

[Goaty]

Do they come in pairs?

[TrollSpiel]

Do they come in pairs?

 

they do.. what kind of tits would you like?

[TrollSpiel]

Bloody hell, thats the poshest bird box i've ever seen.

 

& its not that posh! cutting and planing on the machine, glued & screwed, hit it with an angle grinder a bit, thew some decking oil over it.. 1.5 hrs.

[northumbriaforestry]

It's a very good job I didn't see this thread title yesterday after my drink with lunch, good lord I could have got myself in trouble! Nice looking box by the way.

[armybloke]

Not wishing to sound unappreciative of such fine work but is it coated with a varnish or similar as it is customary to leave a wood untreated as the chemicals can cause harm. Also in my experience the tits like to be able to 'modify' the entrance by picking at the wood and 'scuffing' it up. Again a difficult task to achieve if treated. None-the-less, it is a fine work of art fit for any bird that should take its fancy and I truely hope it becomes a successful home.

[TrollSpiel]

Not wishing to sound unappreciative of such fine work but is it coated with a varnish or similar as it is customary to leave a wood untreated as the chemicals can cause harm. Also in my experience the tits like to be able to 'modify' the entrance by picking at the wood and 'scuffing' it up. Again a difficult task to achieve if treated. None-the-less, it is a fine work of art fit for any bird that should take its fancy and I truely hope it becomes a successful home.

 

Look, I really only posted this because I knew I could get away with writing a salacious title!

 

As far as 'customary', I'm not a very customary kinda man. And I have 20 boxes in my garden, all lived in at some point - old copper jugs, boxes that were noxiously treated 20 years ago, bare cedar boxes, varnished... This box is oiled. I might experiment with just olive oil.

 

But what brings the birds, and the same great tits every year, is not whether a box has been weatherproofed ( and at 50£ I'd expect it to be ) or not, its that lovely 'huntress of vermin cat' pictured left.

 

And the birds know that!