Birdhouses can be a great way to help out nesting birds in your area, but they can be a bit intensive to make. As part of a 500 birdhouse marathon, [Of Human and Nature] decided to test whether a metal roof would be safe or turn the birdhouse into an oven.
Most DIY birdhouses are made of wood to encourage cavity nesting species that would naturally find a hole in a tree to use the house. Unfortunately, an unprotected chunk of wood will deteriorate much faster than a whole tree full of holes might. A metal roof reduces the exposure to the elements, but does it make the box too hot?
[Of Human and Nature] heeded concerns from commenters and actually tested his hypothesis with a simple set of thermocouples, a heat lamp, and an assembled birdhouse. While the metal roof was held at 70ËšC for four hours, the inside of the house stayed in the mid 20ËšC range thanks to the separation between the roof and the actual box which allows air to flow between the two.
Maybe a metal roof could help you house your homing pigeons as well? If you want to spread the mesh with your birdhouse instead, how about a solar panel roof with a LoRa node?
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