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Whoda thunk old gallon cans would make a "red-light" bird house?
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The goggle-eyed frog is backed up by a wreath made by senior citizens in Elaine,
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And behold, Ora Scaife, the local coordinator for America's Birdhouse Captial. She has a thousand watt smile and ten megawatt energy for the project.
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They put birdhouses every where in Elaine. This old organ is in the now-closed local pawn shop window.
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We leaned the camera against the window for a better look.
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Murals created by local kids.
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High-rise bird houses lined up on an old building wall.
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A slightly different angle.
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Another look at the kids murals.
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A "roofin' arn" roof on a bird house above the murals.
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The Elaine Community Center where the "America's Birdhouse Capital" was hatched.
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Entering Elaine from the north. There are nine birdhouses in these shrubs.
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Close of up a shrub bird house.
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Ditto.
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Ditto.
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Ditto.
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Ditto.
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Even the old drive-thru at the now defunct Elaine Liquor store is decorated with birdhouses.
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A beaver birdhouse at Gary Carpenter's Hardware Store in Elaine.
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An "old-codger" birdhouse at the hardware store.
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There's even a
"Floyd Turbo" hunting cap birdhouse at the hardware store.
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The Elaine Mascot birdhouse at the hardware store.
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Two truck body birdhouses protrude from the wall of an old service station in Elaine.
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More birdhouses on the same building.
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A hanging birdhouse in the same structure.
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A "bucket-with-a-faucet" birdhouse.
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"What's your sign?" birdhouses.
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Nothing like a lime green, orange, and pink bird house with a pon-pom to liven up and old brick wall.
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"Go Hawgs!" "Sooie!"
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To catch a peek of this little jewel tucked in a corner, you have to look fast.
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A closer look reveals faucet handle perches in better detail.
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"They're everywhere, they're everywhere!"
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Ditto.
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Not far from "downtown," this tree sports several birdhouses.
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More in the same tree.
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Ditto.
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A different angle.
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A bird house in a neighboring tree.
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A high-rise with vine decor.
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A bird feeder.
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The bird feeder from a different angle.
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Back to our favorite tree.
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A squirrel admires a birdhouse.
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A birdhouse with the Arkansas state flag in the background.
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Ditto.
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Not a bird house, but passes the cute test for inclusionj.
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Call anywhere from America's Bird Capital.
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Read E-L-A-I-N-E at the bottom of the birdhouses.
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Another look at the birdhouse wall of fame.
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Wherever there's ugly, a bird house is there to brighten things up.
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National headquarters of America's Birdhouse Capital.
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Ditto.
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Ditto. These birdhouses are for sale, by the way.
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No self-respecting Arkansas yard is complete without a Razorback birdhouse.
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These birdhouses were made by folks in Joplin MO from debris left the the killer tornado that attacked their city. The birdhouses are not for sale.
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Front view of the national headquarters of America's Bird House Capital.