Abstract: A house for sheltering wild birds for use in an overall landscape or garden design including a tapered square column and a pyramidal roof member connected to form an obelisk-shaped main body portion. A floor surface is disposed within the square column to create a nesting cavity for accommodating a specific bird species. The main body portion may be releasably affixed to a mounting apparatus which is operable to stabilize and align the main body portion in the vertical plane. The mounting apparatus generally includes a square mounting plate releasably attached to a collar member which threadably engages a vertical support member.