Robin's Nesting Shelf - With Nest
I posted back in August how a bird's nest had fallen from one of our big Oak trees down to the yard and how the kids were fascinated by it. I read up a bit and figured out that we could build a nesting platform for both the replacing of *this* nest and hopefully the usage of other birds (Robins?) next season. I found these easy plans for a nesting platform/shelf here . I had 1/2" plywood on hand, so I decided to use that. I know that Cedar would be better, but I had the plywood on hand. I made the cuts, assembled the thing and even tweaked it a bit. I added a series of drainage holes to the bottom of the platform and to the bottom/sides of the walls. Figured for both drainage and airflow. After I built it, I had the Bird paint it. You can kind of see that she used some metallic paints on the back/sides of it. After I asked her if she wanted to finish it, she insisted that it was done. So, I put down a few coats of spray-on clear coat to both protect her p