Owl Box

LOL…in 2007 they can both be males in Massachusetts.

Nice nesting box…

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Great project. Like Don says. He likes small boxes. I like birds and bird houses. In our court yard at work we have a family of wild turkeys that are around all of the time and a nest with a couple of baby hawks in it. Owls would be a nice addition.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Yep this qualifies as a small box, and I just love small wooden boxes.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

and just like that you created a home.
Nice

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks everyone, not sure I’d consider it small, its 10”-12” in diameter and 18”-20” tall. Thanks for looking and commenting.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

It looks like another Garden category entry. Good work Rob.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Hi Rob;
—-ha!....an-other box builder and building great homes for grand screeching owls!

This is great Rob; a good story to go along with the ‘owl box’, now you have started a telling trail of history. Do you usually walk the woods with bow saw in hand….?

One more question, whatever happened to that honey?

And then here I go again….at the size you mentioned here, one could have found some-one to put the box on and give us a description of ‘inside looking out’! And then you said; “I’m not sure I’d consider it small”....of course not, it’s all-ways bigger down in Texas!
Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

Thanks Frank! Not always with the bow saw, on that particular day yes, was out looking for osage orange wood.

As far as the honey, I have no experience with collecting it and perhaps would have tried if the old owl box wasn’t 20 – 25 feet off the ground. I actually took the old box down after the first bee season, took it all apart, cleaned it all out, turned the wood inside out and put the box back together. That very next spring I learned that bees actually return to the site based on the smell of the old hive. Thus the bees won and the old owl box was theirs to keep.

When the old box finally surrendered and fell to the ground, I salvaged what wood I could, made my wife a coat rack, and used some more on the next project that I will post, for the garden project challenge.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

That’s awesome, Rob! Have saw, will hike!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

good to hear that the Bees are surviving in some parts of the country….

great find… too bad you can’t go strolling through my woods,... not without rappelling gear… I bet there’s some good finds back there too.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Great project. It looks like a great home. Have you had any takers yet?

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Thanks Tri… So far just squirrels….not to sure how to evict them either… figured if an owl wants it bad enough he can do the evicting….Thanks again.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX