Barred Owl Box Design

If you don t use the treated plywood you can expect the box to fall apart in a few years.

Barred owl box design.

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. Creating a wild backyard barred owl nest box plan. Get a 4x8 sheet of 3 4 exterior grade pressure treated plywood.

Barred owl box plans. Barred owls prefer to nest in lowland mature forest areas. You can then use a protractor or a string to draw the top oval. Return to wild acres owls in maryland contact us.

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. Hanging your barred owl box. There are basically four ways to cut the entry hole. Barred owl box plan printed with permission from woodcrafting for wildlife 11 place wood chips in bottom of box.

1 you can use a bench jig saw like the one in the pic ture. Cutting layout for barred owl nest box design courtesy of mn dnr illustrations by wade henry. We ve been working on nest boxes for a number of years and have come up with what we think is a pretty good barred owl nest box design.