John Looser: Man who builds mansions for birds!

John Looser, 46-year old from Toronto (Canada), has taken bird houses to the next level as he builds mansions for birds.

One mansion boasts103 rooms with a swimming pool whereas another has a fly-through tunnel. He has been building these special accommodations for birds for the last 5 years with prices in the range from $200 to $2,500 (thanks John for the correction).

He said: 'I have always loved birds and when I retired I just felt I needed to carry on doing something, so I came up with the idea for these bird mansions.

'I build them in my kitchen from scratch, at first using wood from an old barn but now using cedar wood.

'The first ones I made I kept to myself, the birds love them, especially the sparrows and blue martins. They are warm and high enough off the ground so they don't get any trouble.

'The biggest one I have built has 103 rooms, 32 dormer windows and is nine feet by nine feet. It also has a purpose-built fly-through tunnel in the middle, which the birds seem to really love.'

John said watching the birds using his mansions was the greatest compliment of his work he could have.

He said: 'There are birds living in them right now, I have even seen mums bringing up their chicks in them.

'Watching the birds has also helped me adapt them to make the mansions better. One day I saw them playing in a puddle that had formed on one of them.

'The next one I built I added a swimming pool in the roof and they haven't stopped using it.

'My inspiration for the much of the architecture is the Victorian age and I love European architecture. In the future I'd like to do a replica of some of the great buildings you have in England.'Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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