Subject: [Tweeters] Western Screech Owl Nesting boxes- what advice,
Date: Dec 18 14:20:34 2010
From: notcalm at comcast.net - notcalm at comcast.net


Have any of you installed a nest box for Western Screech Owls? I would like to put one in our back yard, but do not know what the consequences would be to our large resident population of birds.


For about a year and a half we had a male in our neighborhood on Mercer Island. He called for long periods each night for much of that time from about 250- 600 feet away. I did not hear a second owl. I wondered if he never found a mate and finally vacated the area.


I found the sounds of that call to be very beautiful and would often listen for a while outside, in the silence of the night, before going to sleep. So, I want to invite one or more back.


Any advice, experience or stories would be appreciated.


Dan Reiff
Mercer Island