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Builds in the wild

Every one of these came off a printer and went up on a post, a fence, or the side of a shed. Real colours, real weather, real tenants.

6 photos · click any shot for a closer look

A pair of American Goldfinches working opposite sides of the tray. Electric Blue mesh tube, White dome and dish. — Goldfinches on the wave dish Mesh-Tube Birdfeeder, 10"

Female cardinal on the platform box Platform Box Feeder · Northern Cardinal

First visitor to the Platform Box Feeder: a Tufted Titmouse picking through black-oil sunflower on the mesh floor. Yellow and orange walls over a dark green floor, hung from the 10" rod with the umbrella top overhead. — Tufted Titmouse on the platform box Platform Box Feeder · Tufted Titmouse

A small and a medium cavity house side by side. The medium wears both engraving areas, "Tweet Retreat" above the vents and "Bills Included" below, with a dark green hole plate over pale pink front panels. — Tweet Retreat · Bills Included Cavity Medium Birdhouse

Both engraving areas in use — the greeting above the vents, the town below. White body and roof, Purple plate and lettering. — Home, Tweet Home · Lincoln, New Hampshire Cavity Small Birdhouse

Yellow body and roof against a Magenta front plate, photographed on the walk out to the mounting post. — Yellow and Magenta, fresh off the plate Cavity Small Birdhouse