Thanks Melissa. Yes I did build it myself. The funny thing is I never built any thing before by myself. I started building on July 11, a little here and a little there. Its still not all the way finished. I'm sorry about the quality of the pics, I know they are hard to view but its my fault. I didn't compress the files small enough. I need to resend them to Falconboy so maybe they can be viewed easier. I spent far more money than I intended but still kept it at about $1200. Last spring my dad and I tore down and rebuilt two decks on the back of my house, so I had alot of 2x6's left from the old decks. My wife was very vocal about me building a muse in the back of our property. She was afraid it would look tacky and stick out like a sore thumb. As you can see in the very first picture. we have a pool that is surrounded by a 3 level deck with a tiki bar and a qazebo. I promised my wife that when I was done I would try to make it look like an old rustic boat house as to keep with the theme we already had going. I didn't quite achieve that look, but once I add some lanterns and such on the mews, it will blend in fine. The mews itself (I have a very wooded back yard) sits almost an acre away from the house. The entire shed measures 22 feet long, 10 feet wide. It is a lean to design so the low part of the roof measures 8 1/2 feet and rises to 12 feet high. The bird chamber is 12 feet by 10 feet. I also have an area that measures 8 ft. by 10ft that is a work area for weighing and such. It is a double door design and you have to first open the main door inside the work area to get to the door of the mews. I ran electric down to the mews only to be hooked up in the work area, while I was at it I also ran cable tv. I figure the bird might enjoy the Animal Planet Channel. On a serious note, I did really run cable tv. I work for the cable company so it costs me nothing. There are two walls in the mews that I want to plywood over. I'm not comfortable with some of the 2x6 that are exposed. I'm afraid they might tempt the bird to perch on them. My sponsor doesn't seem to think it will be a problem but who knows better safe than sorry. I used about 4 inches of (extra tiny) pea gravel on the floor on the chamber floor and the work area I planked with wood (no gaps) I used screen on the outside of the chamber windows then used a foam sealant to seal any crevices or cracks to keep bugs to a bare minimum along the entire building. I double stained the inside and out with redwood while staining the trim with a dark brown (padre brown). I also used 3 dimensional shingles (instead of cedar shakes) for the roof that are dark brown. The only thing left to do is smooth everything out in the chamber, and add 3 perches with different surfaces and such. Oh, and eventually a bird, I hope.
Yea, I figured as much. She is already starting to moan and groan whenever I head down there. Wolf, any quick way to shrink these picures down? I should have compressed them alot more than what I did.
Very good falco. That is exactly right. My sponsor suggested that If I could figure a way to get the window perch to give some like a branch limb would in the wild, that it would be safer for the birds feet. His reasoning was that since her roosting perch was so high compared to her window perch, she would come down hard on her feet and could (not highly likely) cause foot problems. I just played it safe. Thankfully, I did because this bird does land pretty hard. She loves flying from perch to perch and the springs give just enough that the whole perch gives when she lands. Now if I could just figure out a way to keep her from screwing her tail feathers up. She is notorious for dragging her tail whenever she's chasing game. Oh, and before I forget, I am NOT in any of the pictures. I used my son (who is 6 feet) for scaling purposes. In the earlier pics I used my second oldest son and my daughter.
I should have compressed them alot more than what I did. 
