Birdhouses were pre-cut by retired carpenter and St. Joseph Rod and Gun members Ron Rennie, Peter Giroux, Mike Westerhoff, Niel Loso, Marvin Bierschback and Al Kalla. Supplies were donated by Ace Hardwear St. Joseph and Manions St. Cloud. All wood was donated by the Rod and Gun Club.

With the help of her Daddy’s strong hands, 5-year-old Liv Fischer, daughter of Andy Fischer, of St. Joseph, drills a screw into her bluebird house at the St. Joseph Rod and Gun Club’s annual birdhouse building event, which took place March 20 at the American Legion in St. Joseph.

Wyatt Salzer, 11, of St. Joseph, waits expectantly with his drill as Ray Bechtold, also of St. Joseph, assembles the sides of a birdhouse. Bechtold is a member of the St. Joe Rod and Gun Club, which holds an annual birdhouse building event at the American Legion in St. Joseph each year. The event took place March 20.

Jamie Phillipp of St. Joseph assists her daughter, Ella, 3, in drilling a screw into her birdhouse as her little one insists, “I got this!” at the St. Joseph Rod and Gun Club’s annual birdhouse building event held March 20 at the American Legion in St. Joseph.

Nine-year-old Connor May (front), son of Kathy and Stan May of Avon, shows off his power-tool prowess while brothers Treydan Smith, 8, and Tyler Smith, 11, sons of Tracy and Timm Smith of Rice, look on during the St. Joseph Rod and Gun Club’s annual birdhouse building night March 20 at the American Legion in St. Joseph. Tracy Omann Smith is owner of Daisy a Day in St. Joseph.