Roanoke Wildlife Rescue - Homes for Birds & Mammals

Homes for Birds & Mammals - Projects You Can Build

WOODWORKING FOR WILDLIFE - HOMES FOR BIRDS AND MAMMALS
Reproduced with permission of the Pennsylvania Wild Resource Conservation Fund P.O. Box 8764, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8764 Modified Text By Jerry Hassinger, Protected Wildlife Supervisor, PA Game Commission Original Text By Carroll L. Henderson, Minnesota's Nongame Wildlife Supervisor

CREDITS: Wildlife Art-John Sidelinger Additional Art-Doug Pifer
Graphic Illustration and Layout on print publication-Brian Wasas and Kathy Alsvary Typesetting on print publication-Janet Bennett Proofreading on print publication-Sandi Myers Design and Layout Consultant on print publication-Frank H. Felbaum

Table of Contents


Introduction	3
"Building" A Natural Cavity	4
Tips and Cautions (General Instructions for Houses & Platforms)	6
SECTION A -OPENLANDS AND WOODLAND MARGINS		Plan(s) Page no.
American Kestrel	8	48
American Robin	9	36
Barn Owl	9	45
Barn Swallow	10	36
Bats	10	42, 43
Black-capped Chickadee	13	31, 32
Eastern Bluebird	13	34, 35
Eastern Phoebe	14	36
Gray and Fox Squirrels	15	49, 50
House Wren	15	31, 32, 34
Mourning Dove	16	33
Northern Flicker	16	41
Purple Martin	17	37, 38, 40
Raccoon	18	49
Tree Swallow	19	34
Tufted Titmouse	19	31, 32
White-breasted Nuthatch	20	31, 32
Woodland Deer Mouse and White-footed Mouse	20	31
Butterfly Hibernation Box	21	55
Solitary Bees	21	56
SECTION B -WOODLANDS AND OPEN MARGINS
Barred Owl	22	47
Eastern Red Squirrel	22	48
Great Crested Flycatcher	22	34
Northern Saw-whet Owl	23	48
Northern and Southern Flying Squirrel	23	48
Screech-Owl	23	48
Woodpeckers	23
SECTION C -WETLANDS AND ADJACENT UPLANDS
Canada Goose	24	53
Mallard	25	54
Mergansers	25	49
Osprey	26	51
Prothonotary Warbler	26	31
Turtle and Duck Loafing Platform	27	52
Wood Duck	27	49
Woodworking Plans: Plan 1-26	28
Construction and Installation Tips	29