Belleville craftsman has birdhouses on the brain

Allan Mott tends to get carried away with his hobbies.Six years ago, the retired Belleville teacher began building birdhouses.There are now about 70 of them in his yard, and a few dozen more at the homes of relatives and friends.“I get obsessed with stuff,” he said Wednesday before leading The Intelligencer on a backyard birdhouse tour.“It’s a sickness,” he said dryly.It all started rather innocently.Back in 2020, Mott and his wife, retired provincial government wo