Our first barred owl house, mounted in a tree in Roebuck Springs, Alabama, on Wednesday, April 1, no April foolin’, is about ready for the Web cam once we decide which camera will work best. Stay tuned…
Glynn Wilson
Photographer Kenny Walters conducting a final check of the Yellow Hammer Studios hand-crafted barred owl house…
Glynn Wilson
A wider shot of the barred owl house…
How do you build a barred owl house?
With 3/4-inch pine for the front, back and sides, and 1/2-inch plywood for the top and bottom, 24-inches wide on the sides and 19-inches on the front and back.
Our innovation from most designs is to put the bottom and back on the outside, rather than inset, with most of the 1 1/4-inch No. 8 screws in the bottom and on the back for strength and to hide them. We use headless nails on the front and top so they won’t show. Add some premium wood glue in the cracks, a front perch and the sawdust left over from the table saw in the bottom, and you have a perfectly livable owl house. Mount it 15-20 feet up in a tree, secure with a long piece of cable, and there you have it.
Check back soon for a report on the prototype Web cam we plan to mount soon to catch the barred owls in action.
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