Re: Jumbo-Sized Birdhouses

R.T.,

Any pictures of Burger Chef birdhouses standing?  We lost out last one in Paducah Ky 3 or 4 years ago.  I know of another about 80 miles away.  How about pictures of them?

Jim

Dear Jim,

I'm not aware of any in the wild.  I know there's an oversized one on display at Schroeder's in Danville, IL.  You see the regular-sized ones on EBay periodically, but it looks like they've spent more time in someone's garage than housing birds. I'm attaching a picture of the one at Schroeder's.

   

If you ever come across any photos of any others I'd be happy to post them for you.

Cheers,

R.T.

R.T.,

Great.  Thanks for the picture.  I know of one in the wild.  It is not well kept, but intact.  It is about 80 miles away.  By the way, I am from Paducah, Ky.  Home of WKYX radio.

Jim

R.T.,

This stands just north of Carbondale, Kentucky on Highway 51.

  

Jim

Comments

[Duane Boda]

Yeah...I know of one that appears to be in decent shape in Harvey Michigan which is just a few miles South of Marquette on U.S. 41 South of the Welcome Center and the Prison and North of the intersection of 41 and 28.
The guy is selling his house and I imagine you could buy the birdhouse separately.

[Roger Poe]

I have the large size in my front yard. It was given to me in pretty bad shape. We had to do paint and repair but tried not to change it much. The Michigan weather has worked on it. It probably should be repainted again.

[Gloria Sparks]

I am sending along a URL for our local paper which ran an article and picture about a Burger Chef birdhouse that was restored. It appeared in our paper this morning. The birdhouse has been on our property for at least 40 years and my sister's former boss restored it. Here is the URL:
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/12/13/sns121407birdhouse.html

[Jim in INDY]

Hi: I am looking for plans for building a Burger Chef birdhouse. Any nhelp??/ jim in INDY

[Todd Lucas]

I saw one recently in a yard just north of Carbondale, IL on U.S. 51.