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.