User blog comment:Shadow Wolf TJC/New contributor for this wiki. :)/@comment-4246239-20110806224958

Here are a couple screenshots that I took of this game that serve as examples of what I was asking about:

http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/File:2011-08-04_00005.jpg http://terraria.wikia.com/wiki/File:2011-08-04_00002.jpg

As you can see, the player is protected from flying enemies (especially those that tend to come in swarms) thanks to these structures.