Your owl house design must include an entrance opening located some 6 inches 15 cm above the base of the box.
Barred owl nest box dimensions.
Our design is 11 ft3 with with nearly 6 ft2 of floor space.
12x13 inch floor minimum 24 inches tall minimum 7x7 inches or wider entrance hole at least 13 inches up from the floor 15 25 feet high off 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.
Box height entrance above floor entrance hole height above ground robin phoebe barn swallow 7 x 8 8 6 10 barn owl 11 1 4 x 36 15 3 4 4 6 20 25 barred owl 13 x 11 1 2 23 12 7 x 7 with top rounded 20 30 within 200 of water bluebird great crested flycatcher.
Barred owl nest box plan and information.
Violet green and tree swallows 4 x 5 1 2 9 6 1 3 8 w x.
For other species the size will vary.
No h nged door needed clean through entrance hole back 1 23 side 2 1 4 holes floor.
For barn owls a simple wooden box about 38 by 18 by 12 inches 1 by 5 by 3 m provides adequate room for a pair of owls and their young.
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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.
Barred owl box plan printed with permission from woodcrafting for wildlife 11 place wood chips in bottom of box.
392 radius roof note.
Mark out the draw.