 It's looking more and more like the owls are not going to accept the
new nest box design, but continued fisher sightings prevent me from
going back to an unsafe nest box. There have been two barred owl
sightings in the area over the last six months, but the owls have shown
no interest in the new nest box. The safety of the box has, however,
been confirmed by the fact that only small birds have entered it. Not
even the flying squirrels that scamper up and down the tree trunk at
night have been able to figure out how to get in. I'm still considering
putting up a more conventional box and protecting it with an elaborate
infrared detection and high voltage shock system, but this would be a
major engineering effort that I'm not yet ready to take on. I will
update this page with any further owl activities. |
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