Barred Owl Box Design

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Barred owl box design. Hanging your barred owl box. 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. Barred owl box plans.

1 you can use a bench jig saw like the one in the pic ture. You ll want to be able to access it in the future to remove any unwanted debris or animals out of it like squirrels. Now you are ready to cut the hole. Barred owl box plan printed with permission from woodcrafting for wildlife 11 place wood chips in bottom of box.

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. 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. There are basically four ways to cut the entry hole.

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. You can then use a protractor or a string to draw the top oval.