Barred Owl Box Design

You ll want to be able to access it in the future to remove any unwanted debris or animals out of it like squirrels.

Barred owl box design.

Hanging your barred owl box. Barred owl box plan printed with permission from woodcrafting for wildlife 11 place wood chips in bottom of box. You can then use a protractor or a string to draw the top oval. We elected to use birch as it is stronger and more weather resistant than pine board.

Your going to want hang your barred owl box between 15 to 20 feet off the ground on a mature tree that is at least 12 inches in diameter. This will provid e you with the center of the hole. If you don t use the treated plywood you can expect the box to fall apart in a few years. Barred owl box plans.

Barred owls prefer to nest in lowland mature forest areas. The entire owl box can be created from four 2 foot by 4 foot panels of 3 4 plywood sections or two 4 4 foot sections. Creating a wild backyard barred owl nest box plan. Cutting layout for barred owl nest box design courtesy of mn dnr illustrations by wade henry.

There are basically four ways to cut the entry hole. Get a 4x8 sheet of 3 4 exterior grade pressure treated plywood. 1 you can use a bench jig saw like the one in the pic ture.