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That Nest in BirdhousesHawk Owl
Surnia ulula
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Surnia
Species: ulula
La. strix owl
La. strigis owl
iLa. forma form, shape, kind
La. -idae appearance, resemblance
Gr. surnion owl
La. ulula a screech owl
About sixteen inches long. Dark-brown upper parts, head and nape spotted with white. White face, dark brown throat. Tail, back and some wing feathers have white bars. Under parts sharp contrasting white and dark brown bars. Owl like head on a hawk like body; folded wings fall short of its long tail.
Hawk owls are species of the far north and circumpolar. They inhabit coniferous and mixed forests from northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, Alaska, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Siberia to the Arctic. Occasionally a short distance migrant in winter to northern U.S. and Germany and France in Europe.
They have hawk like habits. They are day hunters, often perching in trees watching for prey.
They prey on grouse, rodents, and insects. Hawk owls are known to hover around hunters waiting for a chance to steal wounded game and they are attracted to camp fires. Hawk owls utter a shrill cry.
Hawk owls build nests of twigs and feathers in evergreen trees and tree hollows, or of a few rotten wood chips in natural and abandoned tree cavities, sometimes in old hawk nests. They will sometimes nest in birdhouses of the right dimensions in the right places.
Females lay three to nine white glossy eggs, which hatch after less than one month of incubation and young leave the nest in about another month.
The Hawk Owl Birdhouse (same as for the Red-headed Woodpecker and Golden-fronted Woodpecker) has a 6″ by 6″ floor, 14″ inside floor to ceiling, 2″ diameter entrance hole located 11″ above the floor and ventilation openings in the floor and under the roof.
Assemble with corrosion resistant screws fit to pre-drilled countersunk pilot holes to reduce wood splitting.
Secure hinged roof with shutter hooks for easy access or a Side Opening Door may be a more convenient and safer alternative.
Mount about ten feet high on a tree in a woodland edge or clearing.
Place a bed of wood chips in the house, not saw dust which will retain moisture creating mold.
Remove the nest and clean the box well after the brood rearing season is past.
Installations at significant heights should be installed and maintained by professionals, carpenters, electricians, power line workers, etc.
Hawk Owl Birdhouse
Hawk Owl Birdhouse Plans
Hawk Owl
Surnia ulula
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Surnia
Species: ulula
La. strix owl
La. strigis owl
iLa. forma form, shape, kind
La. -idae appearance, resemblance
Gr. surnion owl
La. ulula a screech owl
About sixteen inches long. Dark-brown upper parts, head and nape spotted with white. White face, dark brown throat. Tail, back and some wing feathers have white bars. Under parts sharp contrasting white and dark brown bars. Owl like head on a hawk like body; folded wings fall short of its long tail.
Hawk owls are species of the far north and circumpolar. They inhabit coniferous and mixed forests from northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, Alaska, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Siberia to the Arctic. Occasionally a short distance migrant in winter to northern U.S. and Germany and France in Europe.
They have hawk like habits. They are day hunters, often perching in trees watching for prey. They prey on grouse, rodents, and insects. Hawk owls are known to hover around hunters waiting for a chance to steal wounded game and they are attracted to camp fires. Hawk owls utter a shrill cry.
Hawk owls build nests of twigs and feathers in evergreen trees and tree hollows, or of a few rotten wood chips in natural and abandoned tree cavities, sometimes in old hawk nests. They will sometimes nest in birdhouses of the right dimensions in the right places.
Females lay three to nine white glossy eggs, which hatch after less than one month of incubation and young leave the nest in about another month.
The Hawk Owl Birdhouse (same as for the Red-headed Woodpecker and Golden-fronted Woodpecker) has a 6″ by 6″ floor, 14″ inside floor to ceiling, 2″ diameter entrance hole located 11″ above the floor and ventilation openings in the floor and under the roof.
Assemble with corrosion resistant screws fit to pre-drilled countersunk pilot holes to reduce wood splitting.
Secure hinged roof with shutter hooks for easy access or a Side Opening Door may be a more convenient and safer alternative.
Mount about ten feet high on a tree in a woodland edge or clearing.
Place a bed of wood chips in the house, not saw dust which will retain moisture creating mold.
Remove the nest and clean the box well after the brood rearing season is past.
Installations at significant heights should be installed and maintained by professionals, carpenters, electricians, power line workers, etc.
Hawk Owl Birdhouse
Hawk Owl Birdhouse Plans
Hawk Owl
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Surnia ulula
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Surnia
Species: ulula
La. strix owl
La. strigis owl
iLa. forma form, shape, kind
La. -idae appearance, resemblance
Gr. surnion owl
La. ulula a screech owl
About sixteen inches long. Dark-brown upper parts, head and nape spotted with white. White face, dark brown throat. Tail, back and some wing feathers have white bars. Under parts sharp contrasting white and dark brown bars. Owl like head on a hawk like body; folded wings fall short of its long tail.
Hawk owls are species of the far north and circumpolar. They inhabit coniferous and mixed forests from northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, Alaska, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Siberia to the Arctic. Occasionally a short distance migrant in winter to northern U.S. and Germany and France in Europe.
They have hawk like habits. They are day hunters, often perching in trees watching for prey. They prey on grouse, rodents, and insects. Hawk owls are known to hover around hunters waiting for a chance to steal wounded game and they are attracted to camp fires. Hawk owls utter a shrill cry.
Hawk owls build nests of twigs and feathers in evergreen trees and tree hollows, or of a few rotten wood chips in natural and abandoned tree cavities, sometimes in old hawk nests. They will sometimes nest in birdhouses of the right dimensions in the right places.
Females lay three to nine white glossy eggs, which hatch after less than one month of incubation and young leave the nest in about another month.
The Hawk Owl Birdhouse (same as for the Red-headed Woodpecker and Golden-fronted Woodpecker) has a 6″ by 6″ floor, 14″ inside floor to ceiling, 2″ diameter entrance hole located 11″ above the floor and ventilation openings in the floor and under the roof.
Hawk Owl Birdhouse
Assemble with corrosion resistant screws fit to pre-drilled countersunk pilot holes to reduce wood splitting.
Secure hinged roof with shutter hooks for easy access or a Side Opening Door may be a more convenient and safer alternative.
Mount about ten feet high on a tree in a woodland edge or clearing.
Hawk Owl Birdhouse Plans
Place a bed of wood chips in the house, not saw dust which will retain moisture creating mold.
Remove the nest and clean the box well after the brood rearing season is past.
Installations at significant heights should be installed and maintained by professionals, carpenters, electricians, power line workers, etc.
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