Ian and all:

I've had GHOW use a nesting platform here on the Palouse the past 5 seasons.
Mine is a simple, heavy-duty plastic livestock feeding tub that's about 8
inches deep and 2 feet in diameter. I attached it in a ponderosa pine about
12 feet off the ground, using two branches and the trunk to support it. I
filled it with a few sticks and a couple of handfuls of pine needles. It
took 3 years before the birds found it worthy, but now they use it annually.

Kas Dumroese
Moscow, ID


----- Original Message -----
From: "ian paulsen" <ipaulsen at linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 1:57 PM
Subject: Great Horned Owl nesting platforms


> HI ALL:
> Someone asked me if Great Horned Owls use nesting platforms around here?
> And if so what kind, size, etc..
> Sincerely
>
> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Is., WA, USA
> ipaulsen at linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us
> A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
> "Rallidae all the way"
>
>