Plans
Every plan is a printable PDF. Each part gets its own page with dimensions and instructions, and every design is shaped around the needs of the species it's meant to serve.
Nest Boxes
Barn Owl (Indoor)
For Barn Owls nesting inside barns and outbuildings
A large nesting box with an exercise floor and railings outside the entrance, where young owls can stretch their wings before they fledge. Includes a cut sheet, an exploded view and a sourced materials list.
Barrow's Goldeneye
For Barrow's Goldeneyes
A cavity box for these diving ducks, with a cleanout door for the yearly clean-out. Each part gets its own page with dimensions and instructions, plus a materials list.
Cameratti Chickadee House
A chickadee box with a built-in camera mount
A chickadee house designed to hold a small camera, so you can watch the nest from inside. It includes predator guards, a covered lower entrance and a roosting ladder, and covers mounting the camera step by step.
Carolina Wren
Free
Our complete Carolina Wren plan, free. It's made the same way as every plan we sell, so it shows you exactly what you'll get with the others. Enter your email address on the home page and we'll send the PDF right away.
Chickadee / Wren Tudor
A Tudor-style home for Chickadees and Wrens
A decorative nest box with Tudor-style trim and a balcony. Each part gets its own page with dimensions and instructions, plus a sourced materials list.
Peterson Bluebird
For Eastern Bluebirds
The proven Peterson design. Each part gets its own page with dimensions and instructions, including a diagram for making a side-wall template. Includes ventilation, drainage and a sourced materials list.
Peterson Bluebird (Wide Body)
Two-hole design for Western and Mountain Bluebirds
The Peterson design widened to take the new two-hole front door, a design that studies increasingly back up. It has a front door for each species, each with an optional hole guard. Includes ventilation, drainage and a sourced materials list.
Pileated Woodpecker / Common Merganser
For Pileated Woodpeckers and Common Mergansers
One large cavity box for either bird. Only the entrance hole changes, and each has its own front page. Includes a cleanout door and a sourced materials list.
Screech Owl / American Kestrel
For Eastern and Western Screech-Owls, American Kestrels, Boreal Owls and Northern Saw-whet Owls
One box for five small cavity-nesting raptors, with a side door and an optional hole guard. Includes a cut sheet, an exploded view and a sourced materials list.
Wood Duck
For Wood Ducks
A tall cavity box for Wood Ducks nesting near water, with a cleanout door for the yearly clean-out. Each part gets its own page with dimensions and instructions, plus a materials list and guidance on mounting and placement.
Roosting Boxes
Chickadee, Nuthatch & Titmouse Roosting Box
Winter shelter for Chickadees, Nuthatches and Titmice
A roosting box for cold nights, with the entrance near the bottom so warm air stays up where the birds perch. It has a tunnel guard, a covered entrance and an inside roosting ladder, and the front opens for cleaning. Includes a sourced materials list.
Bat Houses
Bat House (4-Chamber)
A nursery house for colonies of bats
A four-chamber bat house with an attic and baffles for a nursery colony. The plan covers assembly, finishing and mounting, and includes a cut diagram, an exploded view and a sourced materials list.
Pollinator Houses
Butterfly House
For garden butterflies
A decorative butterfly house with a maintenance door, base and skirt. The plan covers finishing and mounting, and includes a materials list and printable templates for the side and skirt panels.
Mason Bee Box
For Mason Bees
A nesting box for gentle, hard-working native pollinators, with a latching door and shelves for nesting tubes. Each part gets its own page with dimensions and instructions, plus a materials list and mounting guidance.