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That Nest in BirdhousesSaw-whet Owl
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Aegolius
Species: acadicus
La. strix owl
La. strigis owl
La. forma form, shape, kind
La. -idae appearance, resemblance
La. aegolius night bird of prey
La. Acadia former French colony in Nova Scotia
About eight inches long. Dark cinnamon brown with white streaks on upper parts and white with cinnamon brown streaks on underside.
Buff white facial disk with black outline around yellow eyes. Three or four narrow white bands on the tail.
Saw-whet owls inhabit dense coniferous forests, groves and tree stands in farms and towns from the middle U.S. north to Canada and Alaska and in the southwest mountainous regions as far Mexico in the winter. Like its cousin, the Boreal Owl, it inhabits the northern latitudes around the globe.
They are night hunters for mice and insects. Its note resembles the filing of a saw.
Saw-whet owls make nests of loose chips and feathers in natural or abandoned tree cavities, rock clefts, sometimes in abandoned squirrel, crow or heron nests, in building towers and in bird houses which have been used for hundreds of years for rodent control.
Females lay three to seven white eggs which hatch after about four weeks incubation and young leave the nest in another four to five weeks.
The Saw-whet Owl Birdhouse (same as for Pigmy Owl, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, and Grackle) has a 7″ by 7″ floor, 16″ inside ceiling, 2 1/2″ diameter entrance hole located 14″ above the floor and ventilation openings.
Secure a hinged roof with shutter hooks for easy access or consider a fixed roof and Side Opening Doors if it may be a more convenient and a safer alternative.
Mount this birdhouse out of reach (10 feet or higher) near woodland edges or clearings.
Place a bed of wood chips, not sawdust, on the floor. Remove everything from the nest box and clean well after the brood rearing season.
Installations at significant heights should be installed and maintained by professionals, carpenters, electricians, power line workers, etc.
Other owls and woodpeckers also may use this nest box.
Saw-whet Owl
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Aegolius
Species: acadicus
La. strix owl
La. strigis owl
La. forma form, shape, kind
La. -idae appearance, resemblance
La. aegolius night bird of prey
La. Acadia former French colony in Nova Scotia
About eight inches long. Dark cinnamon brown with white streaks on upper parts and white with cinnamon brown streaks on underside.
Saw-whet owls inhabit dense coniferous forests, groves and tree stands in farms and towns from the middle U.S. north to Canada and Alaska and in the southwest mountainous regions as far Mexico in the winter. Like its cousin, the Boreal Owl, it inhabits the northern latitudes around the globe.
They are night hunters for mice and insects. Its note resembles the filing of a saw.
Saw-whet owls make nests of loose chips and feathers in natural or abandoned tree cavities, rock clefts, sometimes in abandoned squirrel, crow or heron nests, in building towers and in bird houses which have been used for hundreds of years for rodent control.
Females lay three to seven white eggs which hatch after about four weeks incubation and young leave the nest in another four to five weeks.
The Saw-whet Owl Birdhouse (same as for Pigmy Owl, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, and Grackle) has a 7″ by 7″ floor, 16″ inside ceiling, 2 1/2″ diameter entrance hole located 14″ above the floor and ventilation openings.
Secure a hinged roof with shutter hooks for easy access or consider a fixed roof and Side Opening Doors if it may be a more convenient and a safer alternative.
Mount this birdhouse out of reach (10 feet or higher) near woodland edges or clearings.
Place a bed of wood chips, not sawdust, on the floor. Remove everything from the nest box and clean well after the brood rearing season.
Installations at significant heights should be installed and maintained by professionals, carpenters, electricians, power line workers, etc.
Other owls and woodpeckers also may use this nest box.
Saw-whet Owl Birdhouse
Saw-whet Owl Birdhouse Plans
Saw-whet Owl
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Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Aegolius
Species: acadicus
La. strix owl
La. strigis owl
La. forma form, shape, kind
La. -idae appearance, resemblance
La. aegolius night bird of prey
La. Acadia former French colony in Nova Scotia
About eight inches long.
Dark cinnamon brown with white streaks on upper parts and white with cinnamon brown streaks on underside.
Saw-whet owls inhabit dense coniferous forests, groves and tree stands in farms and towns from the middle U.S. north to Canada and Alaska and in the southwest mountainous regions as far Mexico in the winter. Like its cousin, the Boreal Owl, it inhabits the northern latitudes around the globe.
They are night hunters for mice and insects. Its note resembles the filing of a saw.
Saw-whet owls make nests of loose chips and feathers in natural or abandoned tree cavities, rock clefts, sometimes in abandoned squirrel, crow or heron nests, in building towers and in bird houses which have been used for hundreds of years for rodent control.
Females lay three to seven white eggs which hatch after about four weeks incubation and young leave the nest in another four to five weeks.
Saw-whet Owl Nest Box
The Saw-whet Owl Birdhouse (same as for Pigmy Owl, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, and Grackle) has a 7″ by 7″ floor, 16″ inside ceiling, 2 1/2″ diameter entrance hole located 14″ above the floor and ventilation openings.
Secure hinged roof with shutter hooks for easy access or consider a fixed roof and Side Opening Doors if it may be a more convenient and safer alternative.
Saw-whet Owl Nest Box Plans
Mount this birdhouse out of reach (10 feet or higher) near woodland edges or clearings.
Place a bed of wood chips, not sawdust, on the floor. Remove everything from the nest box and clean well after the brood rearing season.
Installations at significant heights should be installed and maintained by professionals, carpenters, electricians, power line workers, etc.
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