Tere Mills
Its almost nesting time, and I missed the window to do this project last winter. With the rainy and dreary weather I took advantage of the garage wood shop to make 3 owl nesting boxes this weekend. One is BIG and designed for larger barred owls, the other 2 are smaller and made for screech and saw whet owls. It was a little tough getting them high up in the tree but they are all hung now. I started with common white pine board, one 8' x 1' board will make one screech owl house
I added a small inside perch to help owlets get to the hole to look out.
Although I was not thrilled about spending $7 on cedar shavings I
think the comfort aspect will make this house very attractive to a owl
about to nest.
Screech owl box hung high in a hemlock near my back swamp
Barred owl Box hung as high as I could get it ( almost fell off ladder) just above our vernal pool
Screech owl box high over our garden. I have a feeling this one is a
winner, it gets great sun and will keep the owls warm in the cold late
winter days.
Now we wait!
Let me know if you would like the plans I used, heck, I might even make you one if you are really interested!
Happy Sunday
-Bill
