I started making birdhouses at the intersection of a range of reasons: to remind myself the world is an ecosystem made up of small overlapping ecosystems such that there are interlocking webs of life even in cities; to approach the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, RI with the idea that I could impact the ecosystem in a positive way while making art; and that I could use the litter and business waste on the street to do so. Originally funded by the Rhode Island Foundation's New Works Grant program through the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council and called Reclaiming Urban Dead zones through sculpture, the project ended up adding 16 + sculptures to a depressed urban greenway along the Woonasquatuket River. I have since made a number of birdhouses as part of classes, as commissions, and as demonstration pieces. There is no scientific study of what percentage are being used, but I have received many reports of successful nests from from Texas to Vermont. The bird families using the houses include wrens, swallows and and sparrows.