Barn Owl Box
However mounting one on a pole or tree works as well.
Barn owl box. No perch is necessary and adding one will only give footing to predators. The barn owl trust a leading authority on barn owls recommends increasing their nest box dimensions by 50 for the american barn owl equating to a floor dimension of 30 x 24 5 ft2 and a minimum of 10 ft3 for a box that is 24 deep. Our design is 11 ft3 with with nearly 6 ft2 of floor space. Abandoned or seldom used barns are the best location to install a nest box.
Barn owl nest boxes are often set up inside an open air building such as a barn shed or an abandoned building but barn owls will also move into a nest boxes mounted to trees or poles in suitable open areas near fields woodlands and orchards. A box on the inside will last as long as the building. Owners of vineyards orchards and farms have found that barn owls can significant reduce damage by crop eating rodents. A box on the outside will only last about 10 15 years.
We sell and ship owl nest boxes bird houses and bat boxes anywhere in the world. For any barn owl nestbox less than 700mm deep an exercise landing platform below the entrance hole is vital for the safety of young fledglings. Our signature product the patented barn owl box is now in use by thousands of orchards vineyards row crop farms and private land owners. A typical barn owl nest box has a six inch entrance hole that is suitable for a barn owl but too small for a great horned owl and the hole should be approximately four inches above the floor of the box.
Barn owls can easily be attracted to nest boxes barn owls have become very popular to attract for various reasons. Property owners can benefit the same way with sometimes no more than one or two nest boxes. This innovative nest box is contributing to highly effective natural rodent control programs while reducing the use of pesticides and aiding in barn owl conservation in numerous states. Grassland fallow fields hayfields open marshes savannah and cropland pasture are ideal habitat for barn owls.