This disclosure is concerned with a bluebird house and includes features not only for the bluebird, but also for an observer who might wish to monitor the nesting processing of the bird from beginning to end. The invention includes a viewing window in one of the sidewalls of the house having a hinged shutter which may be opened momentarily to view the nesting operations but also closable to insure the bird's privacy. The house also includes an extended entry-way to prevent most preditors from re...

There is disclosed a multiple compartment birdhouse where the compartments are within three rigid white plastic cylinders with the end walls of the compartments being formed by resiliently deformable white plastic sheet material having an entrance opening cut centrally therein and removably secured about three inches from the edge of said cylinder by having its top and bottom edges captured in notches in the edges of elongated strips of semirigid plastic material running most of the length of th...

Apparatus for accommodating a plurality of nests for purple martins in which the apparatus includes a hollow exterior shell fixed to a post and selectively cooperating core telescopically mounted on the post for movement into and out of the shell to facilitate ease of cleaning as well as apparatus which can be shipped in multiple independent parts and quickly assembled as an integral unit.

A nesting place for the purple martin made of a synthetic resin material and comprising a hollow housing having an upper portion and a lower portion removably affixed to said upper portion. An egress and ingress opening is divided between both portions. There are means for removably affixing the lower portion to the upper portion.

A bird house includes a series of compartments formed of disposable material and sandwiched between two vertically spaced platforms. Connecting means normally holding the platforms and compartments together are releasable to permit the house to be disassembled for cleaning, the old compartments being discarded and replaced with new ones.

An accessory device for bird houses which allows entrance of smaller birds, while restraining larger ones. A wirelike material forming a cagelike body, with both ends open, thereby creating a passageway, with a first open end attached over and aligned with the entrance hole of a bird house and a second open end extending away from the bird house and forming an opening of a size which restricts larger birds.

A duck house for Wood Ducks is formed of two double walled, half cylindrical sections and a double wall bowl. Each cylindrical half section carries hinge elements on its sides to enable the front section to be opened about either side edge thereof for inspection and cleaning. The other or rear section is readily attached to either a wooden post, a tree, a barn, or a metal post. Each section is formed of plastics by conventional blow molding equipment and exhibits thermal insulation properties to...

A horseshoe having holes for horseshoe nails extending therethrough and including a resilient material. Washers are embedded in the resilient material and horseshoe nails extend through the washers and the holes when the horseshoe is fastened to a horse's hoof. A portion of the horseshoe adapted to bear on the hoof comprises a plate against which the resilient material adheres. The washers abut the plate and are horizontally movable relative thereto, and the holes in the plate have a larger cros...

A birdhouse for purple martins comprising a tubular enclosure having within a plurality of vertically stacked floors secured to at least one vertical partition forming at least two nesting compartments per tier, each compartment having an opening and a perch. Several enclosures are secured together by a hollow post having a vertical series of hooks mounted thereon to correspond to vertical series of brackets mounted to the back of the enclosure. The birdhouses are suspended from a pole high abov...

A device is used to repair a damaged entrance to a birdhouse and to provide a new entrance into a birdhouse. The device includes a body having first and second oppositely facing spaced-apart surfaces with first surface being sufficiently large to cover the damage entrance to the birdhouse. An aperture extending through the body between the first and second surfaces. The body is attachable proximate the damaged entrance such that the first surface covers the damaged entrance and the aperture defi...