Too small and you may run the risk of fighting between the birds that come to visit.
Making a bird table with roof.
Fitting the roof to the bird shelter.
Build the faces for the bird table shelter from 1x8s.
With a handsaw or circular saw trim off any excess wood to bring your tabletop to the right size.
Size how big or small you should make your bird table.
Use a measuring tape to mark out the desired size of your bird table tabletop.
Use a jigsaw to make the angle cuts.
Fit the pieces to the top of the bird shelter walls and lock them into place with 1 1 2 nails.
Trim a large 1 2 inch 1 3 cm thick piece of wood to your desired size.
The thing about the felt shingles that i had not realized is that you do not get individual shingles but sheets of 3 shingles and when you overlay the top with the next row you cover up the joints and they look like individual shingles.
If you re unsure start with a tabletop roughly 12 by 18 inches 30 by 46 cm in size.
I ve added two pot plant boxes and bird boxes in the roof.
A simple bird table verses an elaborate bird table image courtesy of pinterest.
A short video showing how to make a bird table out of pallets and other recycled wood in step by step photgraphs.
Smooth the edges with sandpaper.
Firstly before you start thinking about the design of the bird table you first need to consider.