Builde a Cardinal Bird House

Cardinals do not usually accept man made bird houses. They build their own nests. A cardinal bird house is found amidst thickets, bushes and such. In order to attract the cardinals in your backyard, you must make sure that the birds get ample nest building materials. The nests are usually of cup shape and the ingredients that are used for building the nests are twigs, bark stripes, wood, straws and such. The nests dangle in between the folk shaped branch ends.

The cardinal is common in eastern part of America and mostly seen in the backyards of houses. The cardinal belongs to those species of birds whose population has increased due to the benefits of human habitation. They have multiplied in number as their chief source of food is bird feeders. It is easy to attract birds in your backyard but it would be rather difficult for you to watch them nesting in man made cardinal bird houses as they prefer to build their own nests.

Cardinal builds nests in regions that comprise of thickets, bushes, shrubs, thick underbrush vines and such. The nest is located 2 to 12 feet above the ground. Include some honeysuckle thicket, rose bush, small evergreen shrubs in your garden as the bird enjoys nesting under such natural undergrowths.

To attract cardinals in your garden and to build a natural cardinal bird house you are recommended to include some feeders specially designed for the cardinals. These feeders usually are filled with sunflower seeds that are liked by the bird. This bird also likes to eat bread, nuts, berries and pea nuts of butter mix. Presence of a bird bath will also attract the birds. Like other birds the cardinals like to splash water all around.

Location of Cardinal Bird house:

• If at all you want to place a man made cardinal bird house in the garden, you are advised to be careful about the location of the house. The cardinals are the birds of forests so they would prefer to live in place with dense growth of vegetation. So, place the house in that part of your garden which has a maximum number of trees and shrubs.


• Do not try to place the house very close to the window pane. Though your activities inside your home will not affect the birds but the bird is territorial in nature, especially during the breeding season. If the male bird happens to see its reflection in the window pain, it can cause a lot of trouble. The bird thinking its own reflection to be another cardinal would probably head on with a deadly tiff. The fight can continue for several minutes and the bird would most likely give up after getting severely injured. So, never try to fix the cardinal bird house close to any window in order to enjoy a closer watch.


• If at all you want to watch their activities closely, using binoculars would be a good idea. You may even keep a miniature camera inside the house to study the entire process of brooding, hatching chicks and rearing. While fixing the camera, make sure that the birds are not disturbed during the time of their nesting.