Abstract: An edible bird's nests production facility comprising of: a wholly man made artificial caves system and/or converted natural relief such as caves, valleys, cliffs forming the nesting habitat and associated supporting facilities configured to breed swiftlets for their nests by means of a captive breeding program for swiftlets; commercialized-scientific farming methods; specialized apparatus, mechanisms and techniques; managed sustainable harvesting of nests; provision of a safe and secure nesting habitat and a conducive environment to maximize avian population by minimizing mortality rates; safe collection of nests by means of mechanized lifting systems and specialist mountaineering equipment.

Abstract: Precut, production blank components can be folded manually to form a birdhouse without the need for tools or other aids in assembly, even where the blank components are manufactured from metal, rigid plastic or the like. The precut blank components include a one-piece main panel and a detached panel. The one-piece panel includes a rear section, a base section, first and second side sections, and a top section. Each section includes precut slots, tabs and hinges that act as folding guides, allowing the blank to easily fold into a structure defining an enclosure like the birdhouse. The detached panel then is mounted to the so constructed main panel to cover the enclosure and thereby complete the birdhouse.

Abstract: An accessory for wild birds is formed from a plurality of ceramic clay flowerpots disposed in preselected relation to each other. The accessory includes a receptacle formed from a ceramic flowerpot. The receptacle has a first end and a second end and a continuous side wall of the receptacle extends between the first end and the second end of the receptacle. The continuous side wall defines a plurality of openings of preselected sizes disposed at preselected positions. At least one of a top and a bottom formed of a ceramic clay flowerpot are positioned coaxially and adjacent to at least one of the first end and the second end of the receptacle.

Abstract: An accessory for wild birds is formed from a plurality of ceramic clay flowerpots disposed in preselected relation to each other. The accessory includes a receptacle formed from a ceramic flowerpot. The receptacle has a first end and a second end and a continuous side wall of the receptacle extends between the first end and the second end of the receptacle. The continuous side wall defines a plurality of openings of preselected sizes disposed at preselected positions. At least one of a top and a bottom formed of a ceramic clay flowerpot are positioned coaxially and adjacent to at least one of the first end and the second end of the receptacle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a punched out sheet for use in making a bird-nesting box without using tools or other aids and to a bird nesting box made from the same. The sheet has an interconnected outer part and an inner punch-out part. The outersheet has a carrier handle and devices for adjustment and reinforcement of the entrance and exit hole of the box. The inner part has bipartite suspension devices, a surface device in the form of a ladder and a transverse device in the form of a guard against predators.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a pole and a bottom surface. The pole has a sidewall with an inner surface that defines a hollow raceway. The sidewall defines a first opening. The first opening extends through the sidewall and communicates with the hollow raceway of the pole. The bottom surface is positioned inside the hollow raceway of the pole proximate the first opening. A method for constructing a wildlife habitat includes forming at least a first opening in a sidewall of a pole. The sidewall has an inner surface that defines a hollow raceway. The first opening communicates with the hollow raceway. A bottom surface is provided inside the hollow raceway of the pole proximate the first opening.

Abstract: A disposable cardboard birdhouse including a cardboard shell having rectangular walls and a roof, the shell having holes in the outer walls thereof for the birds to pass through. Smaller individual cardboard nesting boxes are stacked within the cardboard shells and holes in the nesting boxes align with holes in the shell to allow birds to come in and out of the disposable birdhouse. The entire birdhouse can be discarded at the end of the nesting season.

Abstract: The purple martin birdhouse assembly of the present invention includes a plurality of gourds suspended from an array of tubular members. The array is connected by tubular radial arms, from which gourds may also, optionally, be suspended to a central sleeve which is slidably mounted on a pole. The entire array attached to the sleeve may be raised and lowered by a winch and associated pulleys. Undesired rotation of the sleeve, according to a preferred embodiment, is prevented by means of solid, tubular members mounted on the pole which allow for upward movement of the central sleeve but which project downwardly into position adjacent to the radial arms to prevent both clockwise and counterclockwise rotation.