Ron Rudolph has crafted more than 1,500 bluebird houses after his wife died of brain cancer Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los Angeles ...

LaGRANGE, Mo. -- Russ Heindselman of LaGrange has made more than 7,000 bluebird houses over the years as a way to help propagate his favorite bird species.

“I had made bluebird houses in the past, just a few, and I kept one as a pattern,” Ron recalls. “I saw it and that’s what inspired me to just start cutting pieces, just to pass the time.” ...