Hi, so we have 20 acres out in the foothills, miles of open land, mostly cattle fields. We renovated an outbuilding and evicted two barn owls, booo. Last week while walking the dog, four barn owls flew out of two different bushes, we have no trees, non for miles. I want to build a shelter for them and am wondering if I can make multiple boxes on one pole, like do they mind neighbours, or if not, how far away should each house be?
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Bar Owl nest boxes - can multiple be put on the same pole? (1 Viewer)
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Hi remlluF and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators.
Barn Owl nest boxes should be at least 50 feet apart, so no, don't put them on the same pole.
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
Barn Owl nest boxes should be at least 50 feet apart, so no, don't put them on the same pole.
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
I am worried about that, we have barn cats now, and am worried they would be able to get them. There are rafter beams the cats climb on, we have already had dead small birds and a full nest with eggs crashed to the floor.
The plan is, we are building a structure for saplings, a 12' high 'Garage-in-a-box' - we have an 8"X8"X16' beam that I can affix to it with the box at the top. we are upslope so even at 16' high it's still a drop-down from the fields.
Thanks and thanks. I will put up one now and I can figure out getting one on top of our water tank in the future.
Thanks again, I don't like neighbours either, why we have the property
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