South Hero, Vermont: Hundreds of Colorful Birdhouses
Hundreds of colorful birdhouses along a tree line just off Lake Champlain. They've been here since 1996, built to attract swallows to eat Vermont's merciless mosquitoes.
- Address:
- W. Shore Rd, South Hero, VT
- Directions:
- South of town. On the north side of W. Shore Rd just east of its intersection with Lake View Rd. A small boardwalk leads from the road into the birdhouse trees. There's a small parking area just east of the boardwalk. Private property - visible from highway.
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I love what they've done to help the swallows along.
[Erma, 10/24/2024]
We found this a very interesting detour from the main road. Building all the houses must have taken years!
[Tracy, 07/11/2020]
While driving along West Shore Road in South Hero we came upon hundreds of colorful bird houses, with two small dinosaurs, in the woods along Lake Champlain.
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According to a sign nailed to one of the trees, the 1,000-or-so birdhouses were built by a couple of local men to attract swallows that would eat mosquitoes.