Modified Kinney Tree Swallow Birdhouse Plans - Wildlife Gardeners

gnomenative · 01-20-2010, 01:43 PM

Hey all-

I was interested in trying something different this winter as a project. Last fall I saw some interesting plans for a tree swallow house at a link posted here on the forum. It was www.sialis.org/kinney.htm

I liked that it was different in many ways from the more traditional houses (see the site). I have tree swallows that are always around in the spring trying to get into wren houses to no avail, so I thought I'd try it.

Once I looked more closely at the plans, I knew that I didn't have the equipment needed to make the pieces the same dimensions listed at the site, so I modified to make things easier.

Here are my plans with step by step instructions for those that like that. Otherwise you could just use the materials list and pictures to do it on your own. Good luck and enjoy!

gnomenative · 01-22-2010, 02:27 PM

I forgot directions about putting in the ventilation holes- hopefully you can figue that part out. I put three on each side under the overhang and four on the bottom in each corner.

TheLorax · 01-26-2010, 12:20 AM

Extremely useful modifications.

I would be most interested in learning if you are able to attract any tree swallows.

NEWisc · 01-26-2010, 01:32 PM

Nice job on the 'how to' pdf!

Tree swallows are great birds to have around the garden.

01-20-2010, 01:43 PM	#1
gnomenative Grub Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Montgomery, Illinois	Modified Kinney Tree Swallow Birdhouse Plans Hey all- I was interested in trying something different this winter as a project. Last fall I saw some interesting plans for a tree swallow house at a link posted here on the forum. It was www.sialis.org/kinney.htm I liked that it was different in many ways from the more traditional houses (see the site). I have tree swallows that are always around in the spring trying to get into wren houses to no avail, so I thought I'd try it. Once I looked more closely at the plans, I knew that I didn't have the equipment needed to make the pieces the same dimensions listed at the site, so I modified to make things easier. Here are my plans with step by step instructions for those that like that. Otherwise you could just use the materials list and pictures to do it on your own. Good luck and enjoy! Attached Thumbnails __________________ It's the flock, the grove, that matters. Our responsibility is to species, not to specimens; to communities, not to individuals." ~Sara Stein Living Landscapes: http://www.livinglandscapescompany.com/

01-22-2010, 02:27 PM	#2
gnomenative Grub Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Montgomery, Illinois	Addition- I forgot directions about putting in the ventilation holes- hopefully you can figue that part out. I put three on each side under the overhang and four on the bottom in each corner. __________________ It's the flock, the grove, that matters. Our responsibility is to species, not to specimens; to communities, not to individuals." ~Sara Stein Living Landscapes: http://www.livinglandscapescompany.com/

01-26-2010, 12:20 AM	#3
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	Extremely useful modifications. I would be most interested in learning if you are able to attract any tree swallows. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

01-26-2010, 01:32 PM	#4
NEWisc Fox Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin	Nice job on the 'how to' pdf! Tree swallows are great birds to have around the garden. __________________ . Age is a biological fact. Old is a state of mind. I will age, but I refuse to get old.

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