Birds are wonderful visitors to have in our gardens. While they do make a mess out of the places where their feeders are, there's still a joy to be had from watching them eat and squabble with each other. Having a ready-made nesting site or permanent living space for any birds is even more enjoyable. Birdhouses are therefore made for this purpose and some of these works of art, may even feature birdhouse decks.

There are many different birdhouses that you can put in your garden. Some can be hung from the tree trunk, others can be mounted on poles, and some birdhouse may even be placed on platforms. There are also birdhouses that are made with decks around the birdhouse. While a small deck-like perch is acceptable, larger birdhouse decks are hazardous to the safety of the bird residents.

Large decks while they may mimic our house decks and look attractive to us can end up drawing predators towards the birds. Therefore if your birdhouses have any large sized decks attached, it's a wise idea to remove them. Instead keep your birdhouse near a large thick branch where the bird can easily land on the tree and then hop up to their home.

There are a number of decorative birdhouses with small deck areas. The Connecticut Retreat is a single apartment birdhouse. It's handmade with real wood and a real stone chimney. Other features of this birdhouse are a bay window, rocking chair and flower pots. There's a small sized birdhouse deck running the length of the exterior. Breathing holes provide ventilation for nesting resident birds and drainage holes are also provided.

This birdhouse features environmentally friendly water-based paints and acrylic latex for the outside of the house. Galvanized screws and nails, all-weather caulking and waterproof glue have also been used. The roof of this birdhouse can be removed for cleaning. A mounting plate for wood post mounting is included. The opening of the birdhouse is 9 3/4" above the floor level of the birdhouse decks

These features have given the birdhouse and the birdhouse decks the ability to withstand harsh winters. The exterior of the birdhouse decks and house itself will change in appearance due to the weather. This change will not affect the birdhouse decks and will only add to the natural charm of the birdhouse.

As was earlier mentioned birdhouses can be simple and functional places where the birds will live or they can be magnificent works of art fit only for bird royalty. However, by making sure they only have small birdhouse decks around the birdhouse you enhance its beauty and keep the birds safe from the attention of predators.