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birdhouse

[burd-hous] / ˈbɜrdˌhaʊs /
NOUN
aviary
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NOUN
roost
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Humanity’s history of small fixes, a writer’s birdhouse life and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

Zulkibli, 56, a government worker who built his giant birdhouse in the village of Perapakan in 2010, supplements his income by harvesting the swiftlets’ nests and selling them for export to China.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2024

Sullivan says it’s not necessary to buy an expensive birdhouse or water feature to encourage wildlife visitors.

From Seattle Times May 26, 2022

Sandy Vogel stood outside the remnants of her home of three decades holding a wood birdhouse that her son had just plucked off a tree.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2022

When they reached the FARM, Sydney was looking at a Stevenson screen, a wooden box with slats that sat on a pole like an oversize birdhouse and held weather instruments.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

The Forest 4.0 system features an IoT solution with sensors resembling birdhouses, which are installed in trees.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2024

Now, many of the birdhouses around Singkawang stand unused.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2024

Since this is the 21st century, so many of those are tech products — wearables, AI-infused gadgets, smart birdhouses, a firepit you control with an app, you name it.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2023

The troop recently built birdhouses and papier-mâché hot-air balloons.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2023

“I mean, I’d heard about the birdhouses, you know?” she says.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King




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