Mailbox Bird Feeder

Plans/Rough Draft - The main idea was to get a unused mailbox Ben provided to make a bird feeder/bath, separating the roof of it to use a part of it to use as a separator for the water and the food, we either add holes for water draining or use he already present holes. with the rest of the detached roof leftover we use it as a cover for leaves, dirt and other things that might dirty/infect the water and food, we raise it up so there's more space for our selected bird (Common Starling) to enter and use the bath/feeder, we couldn't really decide whether we should cut the main mailbox housing in half or make it shorter as it is pretty deep (decide as we are building it), and for the water release an idea was proposed that a magnet can be used to hold the door for the water holes shut with a hinge attached to a small piece of flat wood, essentially making a magnet sealed door. 

The common starling is able to eat Seeds, bugs, human scraps and fruit crops, but our main choice of foods are Seeds, (we are not sure whether we provide them or it is given/donated to us for this project)

The water is a simple thing to provide, we would carry a water jug/container and bring to where we will locate the mailbox and pour in the section that will contain the water (to replenish/replace the water is explained in previous section i.e with a door that is blocking made or premade drainage holes)

(For the placement of the mailbox is yet to be decided at this time 22/8/23)

Final Design - It was decided that due to time constraints we would change the project to just a feeder, we got rid of the separation wall and screwed it into a wooden post leg we found in the bearpit. after we attached the roof which we made able to tilt open, we found a place to stick it in the ground, behind the VMAX. It was then cleaned and ready to hold food for the common Starling.