Screech Owl Nesting Box - Western Red Cedar

This beautiful owl box with its gable roof design is both pleasing to the eye and designed and built to provide years of durable service for your eastern screech owl friends and lasting enjoyment for you! (It may also be used by kestrels).

Painstakingly planned and carefully constructed, this high quality birdhouse addresses the essential features of any nest box, namely suitable size, safety, temperature control, moisture control, and ease of maintenance and monitoring.  We give this locally-made screech owl nest box an A+ in design and function!

WOOD: unfinished western redcedar (Thuja plicata)

FEATURES: 

• Unfinished, untreated wood to provide a non-toxic home with rot-resistant western red cedar wood >0.75"-thick to insulate and protect.
• Rabbet and dado joint construction (nailed and glued) for strength and tightness.
• Side ventilation holes for air circulation.
• An overhanging, gabled roof, recessed floor, and drainage holes to promote dryness.
• 2” x 13.5” stripe of 0.3mm copper centered on and covering the length of the roof ridgeline, sealed at ends
• A 3” entry hole to target access to the intended screech owls, American kestrels, and adherence to recommended sizing dimensions.
  
• Climbing grooves cut below the entry hole to allow fledgling egress.
• A wooden block hole guard and a real copper plate to protect the entry hole from reaching predators and entrance enlargement via chewing or pecking.
  
• A stainless steel hinged front with a locking pin for secure closing and easy monitoring and clean-out access.  
  
• Pine wood shavings included.

DIMENSIONS: 

Overall outer dimensions: 19" H x 13.5" W x 13.5" D, including the roof overhang and front paneling.
Box interior dimensions: 8.5” W x 8.75” D x 15.5” H
Distance from bottom of nesting box to entry hole is 10.25", with 5.5"- 6" of headspace available as measured from the bottom of the entry hole. 

MOUNTING/PLACEMENT:

• Height Range From Ground: 10-30 ft.
• Spacing Between Nest Boxes : 100 ft.
• To mount this house, we recommend this Bird House Mounting Bracket, sold separately.
  

For how to install a screech owl house check out Mondays with Martha #94 Owl Box Installation.

TIPS FOR SUCCESS:

• Place the box under a tree limb at the woodland edge, with adjacent fields or wetlands.
• Install the box on a tree that's at least as wide as the box, with a nearby branch for fledglings to climb out on—just make sure it doesn't block the entrance hole.
• Add 2–3 inches of wood shavings to the box.
• To prevent use by squirrels, place the box on a pole with a predator guard, located far enough away from nearby trees that squirrels cannot jump to it.

Don't check nest contents too frequently during early incubation—wait at least one to two weeks after spotting a nest. Disturbing nesting females during egg-laying can cause nest abandonment.

Made in the USA by a woodworker local to Midland, MI.