Barred Owl Nest Box Plans

Bolt the box to one side of the post.

Barred owl nest box plans.

Barred owl box plan printed with permission from woodcrafting for wildlife 11 place wood chips in bottom of box. Return to wild acres owls in maryland contact us. It would be awfully cramped for 4 young and the female in 1 square foot of nest box. Bedding the nest box does not need bedding as the owls will create a soft dry substrate using their pellets or feathers from birds they kill.

Installation install the nest box at least 12 15. Otherwise you will have problems later. We recommend using a 20 pressure treated 6 x6 post set 4 5 in the ground. Building a barred owl nest box 1 2 sheet 4 x 4 3 4 plywood pressure treated if desired exterior wood glue 1 5 8 ths exterior wood screws 2 4 inch by 1 4 inch all thread bolts to connect perch to nest box several 1 4 inch nuts washers and lock washers 2 6 inch long by 1 1 2 or 2 inch wide.

Creating a wild backyard barred owl nest box plan. Barred owls will sometimes raise 4 young. If it is not right pull the sides apart and redo the step. Our box may be considered a mcmansion by some but we ve watched the young in the nests via video cameras and they use all the space we give them.

Features of a good birdhouse infographic. Most have about a 12 13 square floor plan. Cutting layout for barred owl nest box design courtesy of mn dnr illustrations by wade henry. I always place the box in a hardwood tree near some hemlocks.

Turn the box 180 degrees and attach the back side the same way you attached the front side. Have someone help you push the sides together so. Inside the woods the direction the barred owl house faces doesn t matter as much. Barred owl nest box plans 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.

So don t place a nest box on a building or a bare pole. Installing a nest box camera slideshow. Right bird right house interactive. Do you want to build a nest box or have one already.

Barred owl nest box placement nest boxes for barred owls must be placed within the dense forest not on the edge.