Buy now, best bird houses money can buy. Make your garden a haven for birds of all sorts owls, woodpeckers, blue birds, purple martins, bats. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-categories/cat-357/rustic_bird_houses.html Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:07:21 -0500 en Category: - WOODPECKERS - Hairy, Red-headed & Red-bellied Woodpecker Picoides villosus / Melanerpes erythrocephalus / Melanerpes carolinus Item: THREE WOODPECKERS HOUSE (17-1/2"h x 7-1/2"w x 9-3/4"d) Only a few varieties of woodpeckers will live in a man-made box, but the Hairy, Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers regularly do so. This house comes with wood chips and a slate predator guard to keep squirrels from enlarging the entrance hole. RANGE: Resides throughout the U.S. and Canada, and north to Alaska. Some northern birds move south for the winter. HABITAT: Lives in or at the edge of open woods, prefering deciduous forests. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1204/three_woodpeckers_house.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Three Woodpeckers House 10061.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1204/three_woodpeckers_house.html Category: Bats - Housing Item: SUNSHINE'S BAT HOUSE - large (18"h x 21"w x 6-1/2"d) Field testing of many of these houses indicates that bats are readily attracted to and occupy this style. With two chambers and an open slot at the bottom, this abode is suitable for all species of small, insectivorous bats. Features include a screened landing platform, roughened interior surface and echolocation slots on the sides to help bats locate the hollow cavity. Can accomodate 100, 200 or 300 in three different sizes (small, medium and large). http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1200/sunshine_s_bat_house_large.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Sunshines Bat House Large 01003.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1200/sunshine_s_bat_house_large.html Category: - OWLS - Eastern Screech Owl / Western Screech Owl / Northern Saw-whet Owl Otus asio / Otus kennicottii / Aegolius acadicus Item: SAW-WHET / SCREECH OWL HOUSE (17-3/4"h x 9-1/4"w x 11"d) Saw-whet owls and screech owls have tough competition from other birds because they are so small. This house provides a perfect cavity, complete with wood chips for nesting material. RANGE: Breeds from southeastern Alaska east across central Canada to Nova Scotia and south to southern California, Arizona, Illinois, North Carolina (in mountains) and Connecticut. Winters in breeding range and south to Arkansas and North Carolina. HABITAT: Nests in deep woods, preferably near swamps. Likes coniferous woods and evergreen thickets in parks and gardens. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1207/saw_whet_screech_owl_house.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Saw-Whet Screech Owl House 10062.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1207/saw_whet_screech_owl_house.html Catagory: - MARTINS - Purple Martin Progne subis Item: PURPLE MARTIN HOUSE (18"h x 17-1/2"w x 17-1/2"d) In the East, Purple Martins are attracted to houses with multiple apartments to establish colonies. This house opens on four sides for easy cleaning and mounts securely on a pole. RANGE: Breeds from British Columbia, central interior Canada and Nova Scotia southward, but absent from interior western mountains and Great Basin. Winters in tropics. HABITAT: Seeks open woodlands, residential areas and agricultural land.. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1208/purple_martin_house.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Purple Martin House 10090.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1208/purple_martin_house.html Category: - BLUEBIRDS - Eastern Bluebird (observation) Sialia sialis Item: OBSERVATION BLUEBIRD HOUSE (12-1/2"h x 6"w x 8-1/2"d) View the bluebirds without disturbing them. This nest box has a plexiglas panel to keep birds safe during observation, but slides out easily for cleaning. RANGE: Breeds east of the Rockies from southeastern Canada to Gulf of Mexico. Winters in southern part of breeding range and Mexico. HABITAT: Likes open woodlands and farmlands with scattered trees. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1194/observation_bluebird_house.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Obsevation Bluebird House 10049.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1194/observation_bluebird_house.html Category: - BLUEBIRDS - Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Item: HORIZONTAL BLUEBIRD HOUSE (6-1/4"h x 6"w x 19-3/4"d) Designed by Frank Zuern to be a safer nesting place for Eastern Bluebirds, this horizontal box simulates a hollow tree branch. Over 90% nest near the back of the box, behind a vertical baffle, out of the reach of predators. RANGE: Breeds east of the Rockies from southeastern Canada to Gulf of Mexico. Winters in southern part of breeding range and Mexico. HABITAT: Prefers open woodlands and farmlands with scattered trees. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1195/horizontal_bluebird_house.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Horizontal Bluebird House 10050.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1195/horizontal_bluebird_house.html Category: - BLUEBIRDS - Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Item: EASTERN BLUEBIRD HOUSE (12-1/2"h x 6"w x 8-1/2"d) The finest bluebird house on the market! Predator guard is standard to keep starlings, squirrels and other undesirables out, while small floor discourages sparrow nests. RANGE: Breeds east of the Rockies from southeastern Canada to Gulf of Mexico. Winters in southern part of breeding range and Mexico. HABITAT: Enjoys open woodlands, fields and farmlands with scattered trees. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1196/eastern_bluebird_house.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Eastern Bluebird House 10048.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1196/eastern_bluebird_house.html Category: - WOODPECKERS - Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Item: DOWNY WOODPECKER HOUSE (15-1/2"h x 5-3/4"w x 8"d) America's smallest woodpecker, the Downy is a backyard favorite. They are friendly little birds that enjoy being around people. Since Downys tend to use nest boxes in the winter as roosts to escape the cold, one might want to put up a house in the fall. Comes standard with slate squirrel guard and wood chips. RANGE: Resides throughout eastern United States. HABITAT: Likes open forests of mixed growth, orchards, swamps. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1203/downy_woodpecker_house.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Downy Woodpecker House 10040.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1203/downy_woodpecker_house.html Category: - OWLS - Common Barn Owl Tyto alba Item: BARN OWL HOUSE (17"h x 20"w x 26"d) The Barn Owl with its heart-shaped face is 18" high with a wing span of 44". These highly valued, rodent-eaters will have an ideal residence in this very large house which comes with wood chips. RANGE: Resides from southern British Columbia east through the Dakotas and Michigan to southern New England, and southward. HABITAT: Lives in open country, forest edges and clearings, cultivated areas, cities and farms. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1206/common_barn_owl.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Barn Owl House 10180.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1206/common_barn_owl.html Category: Butterflies - Housing Item: BUTTERFLY VIVARIUM (11"h x 11"w x 13"d) The Butterfly Vivarium is specifically designed as an ideal environment for observing the magical transformation of caterpillars into beautiful butterflies. Its spacious interior is large enough to hold a plant thus providing nutrition for its inhabitants. The screened windows and rough wooden interior provide ideal surfaces for clinging while the sliding Plexiglas front provides easy access. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1199/butterfly_vivarium.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Butterfly Vivarium 20045.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1199/butterfly_vivarium.html Category: - OWLS - Barred Owl Strix varia Item: BARRED OWL HOUSE (25"h x 14-1/4"w x 19"d) The Barred Owl is slightly larger than a barn owl and sounds like a typical "hoot owl." This house can be mounted high in a tree with the two metal hangers. Bottom of side opens for ease in cleaning. RANGE: Resides from British Columbia east to Nova Scotia, and south to northern California, and to Texas and Florida. HABITAT: Lives in low, wet woods and swampy forests. http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1205/barred_owl_house.html http://www.newprogardens.com/images/products/Barred Owl House 10190.jpg http://www.newprogardens.com/content-product_info/product_id-1205/barred_owl_house.html