A while ago we saw a family of about five screech owls on the telephone pole and lines near our house. I looked online and found that in our area they need houses because people are removing a lot of trees with rotten hollow trunks on them which is where they would normally nest. I found some plans online and built a quick house for them out of Western Red Cedar.
It is 10” x 10” x 20” all of the joints are glued and nailed with finish nails. There are drain holes in the bottom to make sure it doesn’t collect water.
Building it was less than a day and very simple. Then I needed to get it more than twenty feet up a tree in the yard. I was not going to be able to do that myself. I contacted our arborist John Collins at North Shore Arborists ( https://northshorearborists.com/ ) and asked him if he could install the house for me and he said he’d be happy to.
John came with his climbing gear and expertly scaled the tree, pulled the tools and box up with a rope and quickly attached it to the tree in the perfect spot. If you'‘re on the North Shore and you need tree work done, John and his team are the best.
Now the box is available for residents, hopefully a family of owls will move in.