BIRD HOUSES
BATHS AND FEEDING SHELTERS
HOW TO MAKE AND
WHERE TO PLACE THEM
EDMUND J. SAWYER
CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
Bulletin No. 1, Fifth Edition
Fifth Edition
Copyright 1955
by The Cranbrook Institute of Science
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
First printed as “Bird Houses”
First Edition, March, 1931, 2000 copies
Second Edition, February, 1938, 1500 copies
Revised and enlarged to include western species, baths, and shelters
Third Edition, December, 1940, 3000 copies
Fourth Edition, June, 1944, 5000 copies
June, 1951, 4000 copies
Fifth Edition, July, 1955, 6000 copies
September, 1963, 5000 copies
Printed by Litho-Art, Inc., from type set and printed by the Cranbrook Press
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Foreword 5
- Bird Houses and Common Sense 7
- Some Current Notions Corrected 7
- General and Miscellaneous 11
- Material 11
- Entrance 11
- Nails 13
- Slabs 13
- Facilities for House Cleaning 13
- Position of Boxes 13
- Undesired Tenants 14
- Thickets 15
- Dimensions for Various Houses 16
- House Wren 18
- Other Wrens 18
- Black-capped Chickadee 18
- Other Chickadees 19
- White-breasted Nuthatch 20
- Other Nuthatches 20
- Tufted Titmouse 20
- Tree Swallow 21
- Other Swallows 21
- Eastern Bluebird 21
- Other Bluebirds 22
- Crested Flycatcher 22
- Flickers 23
- Purple Martin 25
- Tree-nesting Ducks 27
- Hawks and Owls 28
- Common House Finch 29
- Robin and Phoebe 29
- Bird Baths 33
- Food Stations 35