In the following pages you will find instruction sheets, directions and plans for building or creating shelters for a variety of wildlife species including birds, bats, insects, reptiles and amphibians and mammals. The resources are categorized by species type. Also look at the Habitat Elements page for more information that relates to wildlife shelters including dead wood and rock walls.
If you have a resource not listed, please send it to me by using the contact form (also found in the pages drop down menu) and I’ll be happy to add it.
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(Book)
(Book)The Bat House Builder’s Handbook, Completely Revised and Updated
Criteria for Successful Bat Houses (PDF):: Bat Conservation International
Single-chamber Bat House Plan (PDF):: Bat Conservation International
Build a Bat House:: National Wildlife Federation
Beneficial Bats (PDF):: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Creating Roosts for Bats in Your Yard (PDF):: Oregon State University Extension Service
Bat House Plan Modifications for the Pacific Northwest (PDF):: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Economy Bat Houses:: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Rocket-Box Bat House (PDF):: Bats Northwest
Bat Condo Directions (PDF):: Pennsylvania Game Commission
Holloway Wood Duck/Bat House Condo:: Bats Northwest
Bat House Construction and Installation (PDF):: University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension
Effective Bat Houses for Florida (PDF):: University of Florida IFAS Extension
Nests for Native Bees (PDF):: Xerces Society
Tunnel Nests for Native Bees (PDF):: Xerces Society
Information Sheet: Bee Hotels (PDF):: Hymettus Ltd, The Bees Wasps & Ants Recording Society
Nesting Block Preparation:: United States Department of Agriculture
Create a Bee Hotel (PDF):: Buglife
Make a House for Solitary Bees:: Gardens for Wildlife
Home Made Mason Bee Paper Liners That Work (PDF):: Washington State University Extension
Man Made Bee Nests (PDF):: Penn State Cooperative Extension
How to make a habitat wall:: The Natural History Consortium
Mini-beast mansion (PDF):: Wild About Your Garden
Wildlife Stacks (PDF):: RSPB
Building Insect Homes:: RSPB
How to make a mini wildlife stack:: The Guardian
Tree Squirrel Nesting Boxes:: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Shelves, Houses and Feeders for Birds and Mammals (PDF):: North Central Regional Extension
ROOSTS
Roost Box for Songbirds:: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
GENERAL
Artificial Nesting Structures (PDF):: Wildlife Habitat Council
Features of a good birdhouse (PDF):: Nestwatch, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Build Nest Boxes for Wild Birds (PDF):: Oregon State Extension Service
Song Bird Nest Box (PDF):: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Building Songbird Nests (PDF):: Stewardship Forest
Birdhouses:: Mass Audubon
Nest Structures for Wildlife (PDF):: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Building and Locating Backyard Birdhouses (PDF):: Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service
A Guide to Building and Placing Birdhouses for Alaska:: Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Nest Boxes for Cavity-Nesting Birds in Oklahoma (PDF):: Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
Backyard Wildlife Birdhouses and Shelves (PDF):: University of Nebraska Lincoln
Shelves, Houses and Feeders for Birds and Mammals (PDF):: North Central Regional Extension
Help Cavity-nesters in Florida (PDF):: University of Florida IFAS Extension
SPECIES SPECIFIC
Nest Boxes for Wood Ducks (PDF):: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
