Jeff Tedesco, owner ofWild Bird Sanctuary Design, promises to “bring your yard back to life” with his handmade bird houses, feeders and birdbaths. Tedesco is a wildlife fancier and used to be a hunter in his younger days. His love of birds is easy to understand -after all, he shares it with millions across the nation. Bird watching is the largest hobby of any in the world.

In Tedesco’s Ocean Acres backyard one day this spring, his huge trees attracted two downy woodpeckers intent on finding a…