The other day I stumbled on a couple of beautifully made cedar bird houses at WalMart for under $10.00/ea. Now I'm not the guy to give great praise to WM in general, but these were just terrific. Well-made out of thick stock, not your flimsy little things and again, for $8 and $9 a great find. I got a Wren house and a Bluebird house, both were well-built, cleanable, came with all the mounting/hanging hardware and seem to be quite up to the task and elements.
Now here's the question: I seem to find many oposing or contradicting views out there on whether or not (aromatic) cedar houses are good, bad, repulsive, no problem, causing this, that or the other etc. These two do smell pretty strongly, but that may wear off over time outdoors.
I'd like to see if I can open a bit of a discussion with your more "cedar" experienced birders out there. By the way, some feathery folksies have already been curiously checking out the Wren house, no Wrens yet, so I have to keep an eye on that. But it somehow showed me that there wasn't an immediate scent or other form of repellency going on.
Hope I can get some input from fellow birders, and many thanks in advance for that!
Now here's the question: I seem to find many oposing or contradicting views out there on whether or not (aromatic) cedar houses are good, bad, repulsive, no problem, causing this, that or the other etc. These two do smell pretty strongly, but that may wear off over time outdoors.
I'd like to see if I can open a bit of a discussion with your more "cedar" experienced birders out there. By the way, some feathery folksies have already been curiously checking out the Wren house, no Wrens yet, so I have to keep an eye on that. But it somehow showed me that there wasn't an immediate scent or other form of repellency going on.
Hope I can get some input from fellow birders, and many thanks in advance for that!
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