Installing Barn Owl Boxes
Having Barn Owls in your neighborhood is a fun and rewarding experience. Use our Barn Owl Box Manual (PDF) to maximize the odds of Barn Owls finding your nesting box and making it their home.
Pole vs. Tree Installation
In the past Hungry Owl Project recommended installing Barn Owl boxes in trees and on wood posts. We recently updated our recommendations after new research was published on how often Barn Owl boxes on trees and wood posts are occupied by other unintended species. We now recommend that Barn Owl boxes only be installed on metal poles. The installation process is described in our Barn Owl Box Manual. Metal poles that are specifically designed for our Barn Owl boxes are available for sale, see our price list.
Barn Owl Box Manual
If you want to install your Barn Owl box yourself and/or you’re outside the San Francisco Bay Area, please download our Barn Owl Box Manual (PDF).
If you need more information on installing nesting boxes, our other installation resources are listed below, including our old Barn Owl Box Install packet. Please note that the information regarding tree and wooden post installation below in the Barn Owl Install Packet is outdated.