We recommend using a 20 pressure treated 6 x6 post set 4 5 in the ground.
Barred owl nest box plans.
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.
Inside the woods the direction the barred owl house faces doesn t matter as much.
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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.
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So don t place a nest box on a building or a bare pole.
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.
It would be awfully cramped for 4 young and the female in 1 square foot of nest box.
Barred owl box plan printed with permission from woodcrafting for wildlife 11 place wood chips in bottom of box.
Barred owls will sometimes raise 4 young.
Cutting layout for barred owl nest box design courtesy of mn dnr illustrations by wade henry.
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.
Bolt the box to one side of the post.
Installation install the nest box at least 12 15.
Turn the box 180 degrees and attach the back side the same way you attached the front side.
I always place the box in a hardwood tree near some hemlocks.
Barred owl nest box plan and information.
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If it is not right pull the sides apart and redo the step.
Have someone help you push the sides together so.
Otherwise you will have problems later.
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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.
Creating a wild backyard barred owl nest box plan.