How To Make A Bird Table With Roof

A simple bird table verses an elaborate bird table image courtesy of pinterest.

How to make a bird table with roof.

Firstly before you start thinking about the design of the bird table you first need to consider. Fitting the roof to the bird shelter. A simple but very effective way of keeping pigeons and other large birds off your bird table leaving it free for the garden birds we love. Build the faces for the bird table shelter from 1x8s.

Some birds may even roost at night on a table with a roof. Download a plan to make your bird table. To make it easier you can buy ready made sedum matting which you simply cut to size and roll out. Trim a large 1 2 inch 1 3 cm thick piece of wood to your desired size.

Since making the original bird table i have got a new workshop and i put hexagonal felt shingles on the roof. It also provides a dry place for seed hoppers and nut containers. The best plants to use for green roofs on your bird table are the smaller species of sedum as they can withstand drought and grow on poor soil. Too small and you may run the risk of fighting between the birds that come to visit.

Fit the pieces to the top of the bird shelter walls and lock them into place with 1 1 2 nails. Smooth the edges with sandpaper. Use a measuring tape to mark out the desired size of your bird table tabletop. The thing about the felt shingles that i had not realized is that you do not get individual shingles but sheets of 3 shingles and when you overlay the top with the next row you cover up the joints and they look like individual shingles.

Use a jigsaw to make the angle cuts. If you re unsure start with a tabletop roughly 12 by 18 inches 30 by 46 cm in size. Size how big or small you should make your bird table.