Barred Owl Nest Box

So don t place a nest box on a building or a bare pole.

Barred owl nest box.

Place 3 4 of wood chips in bottom of box. The best place to locate a nest box is where barred owls are already present usually in wet woods with large trees especially hemlock trees which the owls like for roosting. Assemble this nest box with corrosion resistant screws fit to pre drilled countersunk pilot holes to reduce wood splitting. Turn the box 180 degrees and attach the back side the same way you attached the front side.

Barred owl box plan printed with permission from woodcrafting for wildlife 11 place wood chips in bottom of box. The entrance hole should face away from the prevailing rain direction if possible. You should take care to hang the nest box within 300 feet of a water source pond stream lake or river. Kingwood premium pine owl house large owl box large bird house great horned owl barn owl barred owl screech owl nest owl house box for nesting.

The further you place the box from human activity the better your chances of having an owl use it it should be no closer than 150 feet. The hardwoods have fewer branches and are easier to access with a ladder or climbing steps such as archers use. Squirrels mayfill the box up with sticks and leaves making it impossible for owls to use it. They are well adapted to living in a wide variety of climates and biomes.

Jcs wildlife barn owl nesting box with 3 sided exercise platform. Inside the woods the direction the barred owl house faces doesn t matter as much. Locate box within 200 of water if possible. As with many owl species their greatest challenge is finding adequate nesting habitat.

Have someone help you push the sides together so. May however need to get to the box to take a squirrel nest out of it. The barred owl nest box has a 12 by 12 floor 22 inside floor to ceiling 7 diameter entrance hole with a leveled bottom located 18 above the floor to the top of the hole and ventilation openings in the floor and under the roof. Mount so that no branches or leaves obscure the entrance hole.

I always place the box in a hardwood tree near some hemlocks. 5 0 out of 5 stars 3. Otherwise you will have problems later. Barred owls prefer to nest in lowland mature forest areas.

If you have some. If it is not right pull the sides apart and redo the step. Squirrels nest in the fall when barred owls are not paying much attention to their nest cavities.