Birdhouse Gourds for Outdoors and Indoors
Member Of: Gourds
Gourds made into birdhouses for the birds to use or simply for decoration.
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Apple Birdhouse Gourd |
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This bottle gourd carved into a birdhouse has been painted with a pretty apple face with acrylic paint. A whimsical bee is buzzing around to check if this would make a good home for her. Macrame beaded tassles dangle decoratively off the stem.
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Blue and Yellow Birdhouse Gourd |
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A birdhouse gourd woodburned with a flock of birds and leather dyed yellow on a blue background. This birdhouse is a working birdhouse on it's second year. Last summer a male House Wren built a nest of sticks inside. It did not take up residence but chose to raise it's family in a small hanging wooden house nearby instead. This year it is out again with a new paint job. A layer of saw dust has been put in the bottom of the gourd for freshness and in the hopes of attracting Black-capped Chicadees.
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East Sunflower Birdhouse |
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This gourd decorated with a large sunflower was put outside on the east side of the house and saw action almost right away. House Wrens seem to love these gourd houses. I made three of these birdhouses this year and every one of them saw action. In two of them babywrens were successfuly raised and in the third nesting material was brought inside but this male either did not find a female or the female chose another house. Acrylics were used to paint the sunflower, wood stain was rubbed into the gourd suface and lots of coats of polyurethane were used all over protect the gourd from rain, mold and sun .
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Green and Blue Birdhouse Gourd |
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This birdhouse gourd is woodburned with a flock of birds leather dyed blue on a green background. It is working birdhouse on it's second year and this year it has a new paint job. Last summer it stayed vacant though this year there has been some activity. There has been some activity with a Black-capped Chicadee in April, but now a family of house sparrows has moved in. A layer of saw dust has been put in the bottom of the gourd for freshness and in the hopes of attracting Black-capped Chicadees.
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Johnny Jump Ups Birdhouse |
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This birdhouse carved from a small bottle gourd has been decoupaged with colorful Johnny Jump Ups and tiny silk leaves. A glass beaded tassle with more tiny silk leaves dangles from the top.
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