| HANGING BARN OWL BOX |
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 |  | | Price-- $63.99
- $15.99 SH
- Total=$79.98
- Out of stock
till spring 2012
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| This is a hanging barn owl box it is made out of 3/8 plywood to keep it light for easier hanging. The item is painted 2 coats brown exsterior heavy duty paint for long life. The roof is removable for maintance and all hardware is exterior grade. |
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| BARN OWL FACTS |
- The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl
- Barn owls are raptors but unlike most raptors they are nocturnal.
- Know by many names such as White Owl, Silver Owl, Demon Owl, Ghost Owl, Death Owl, Night Owl, Rat Owl, Monkey-faced Owl, Church Owl, Cave Owl or Stone Owl.
- A bird of open country such as farmland or grassland with some interspersed woodland
- One of the few bird species that the female is more showier than the male.
- Barn owls have great hearing they can locate there prey in complete darkness just by sound.
- Barn owls adapt well to man made structures like attics,barns,storage sheds and nest boxes.
- Barn owls are great for rodent control, they can eat 2-3 rodents a night, a family caneat up to 10.
- Owls eyes look forward in a fixed position and cannot move from side to side, as the human eye can. In order to see peripherally, the owl must turn its entire head.
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| SCREECH OWL NEST BOX |
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 |  | - MATERIAL- 3/4 inch red cedar
- SIZE- tall x long x wide
- Entrance - 3" for screech owls
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- This item is build to order 7 to 14 day turnaround
| Price-Price-- $25.99
- $9.00 SH
- Total=$34.99
- Out of stock
till spring 2012 | |
| This ia a nesting box for screech owls, it has a swing open door for cleanout and has a backplate for mounting |
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| SCREECH OWL FACTS |
- Three screech owl species inhabit North America the eastern, western and whiskered (whiskered is the samllest of the three All three Screech-Owls are very similar in appearance ).
- Screech owls are clasified as north american small owls having ear tufts and a quavering whistlelike call (family Strigidae).
- The cry of the screech owl at midnight is said to portend evil.
- Eastern Screech-Owl pairs usually are monogamous and remain together for life.
- Screech owls can live up to 20 years but is uncommon in the wild to live even half of that.
- The Eastern Screech-Owl is known to eat a variety of songbirds, including the European Starling.
- Eastern Screech Owls have also been called the common screech Owl, Ghost Owl, Dusk Owl, Little-eared Owl, Spirit Owl, Little Dukelet, Texas Screech-Owl, whickering Owl, little gray Owl, mottled Owl, the red Owl, the mouse Owl, the cat Owl, the shivering Owl, and the little horned Owl.
- At one time, Western and the Eastern Screech Owl were considered to be one species, but they have since been split into two separate species.
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