Errol Nielson's Henry's Lake design · free plans for anyone, anywhere
The boxes around Henry's Lake began with one man, a stack of pine boards, and a simple design that mountain bluebirds took to right away. You can build the very same box. It costs only a few dollars in lumber, comes together in an afternoon, and gives a nesting pair a safe, predator-resistant home — whether you're on the shores of Henry's Lake or a fencerow a thousand miles away.
Download Errol's plans below, build your box, and — if you'd like — add yourself to the map so we can watch bluebird homes spring up across the West.
Every angled cut — the side tapers and the front edge of the top — is a 22½° circular-saw cut. A nominal 1×6 really measures 5½″.
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