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If owls live in your area, building and installing an owl box might attract a pair to your backyard! Get the Know How on this DIY project below.

Owls are fascinating birds. They can be medium-sized or very small. Most owls are nocturnal and hunt at night for food. Owls usually nest in trees, but

Owls are not only fascinating creatures, they can be one of your best friends when it comes to eliminating an overpopulation of varmints.

Instead of using insecticide, attract pest-controlling birds to your yard.

Attract these helpful nocturnal predators to your farm by making this easy, DIY screech owl nesting box. They'll help you control mice, voles, and other rodents in return.

DIY plans for building a nest box designed for barn owls, with step-by-step instructions for building the owl box

I built this owl box for Nik for our anniversary. We have lots of Tawny owls locally - I've never seen one but you can hear them most evenings. They are territorial birds so we will only get them nesting here if this box is better than the current roost of the local pair. Hopefully it will be to their fancy and won't get taken over by the squirrels or jays first. A good way of using up the old floor boards from the bedroom anyway. Instructions came from here which is an interesting site if…

I was reading a gardening blog from a local Austinite when I came across this post where she detailed her homemade owl box and its new occupant. I immediately forwarded the link to B and he had the same reaction as I did: "We need an owl box!" Further reading revealed that owls actually nest in deserted nests or hollow trees so owl boxes make a welcome home for them. You can certainly buy prefabricated ones online. This one looks more like an owl condo. You can also make one yourself which…

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