Barn Owl action cam

[Irving]

I've always wanted to build a bat box (there are bats here), but what are the chances of me attracting something cool like an owl if I build something like that?

[Hummer]

I've always wanted to build a bat box (there are bats here), but what are the chances of me attracting something cool like an owl if I build something like that?

Location is important, Irving, but if you are adjacent to a field or wooded area, the chances are very good of getting kestrels, owls or flickers. I helped some folks mount boxes in their front and back yards, and they had Kestrels nesting the first year. They were in a subdivision next to a field.

I have 9 owl boxes on the property and get small owls roosting in my boxes every winter, and sometimes they will nest. Here's a Western Screech-owl and a Saw-whet owl that nested in our yard.






Right now we also have an American Robin nesting in a small basket mounted to the house, and a Western Kingbird nesting in our rain gutter. I try to make it a good place for wildlife of all kinds. ;>)