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DEAR JOAN: A few months ago, we built a nest box for a screech owl as we had heard some in our area. Now, several months later, after mounting the box in a tree and filling it with wood shavings, ...

I have an owl box in my backyard. Except in my box a squirrel pops its head out where a screech owl is supposed to be. My nightmare involves lugging the ladder out of the garage, propping it against ...

The Eastern Screech Owls of Southeast Michigan have Oz Forrester to thank for their new homes along the Rouge River. The Birmingham resident built some owl nesting boxes and located them along a chip ...

On April 29, 2020, in my column “Owls in the House,” I talked about a small part of our experience with western screech-owls nesting in a nest box in our yard in the spring of 2020. On Jan. 23 of this ...

Every morning this March we start our day with great anticipation! Is there an owl in our nest box, and did we get videos of owls overnight? A pair of western screech-owls has again taken up residence ...

People have asked me about owls appearing in the houses of wood ducks. Eastern screech-owls are the ones that will roost and nest in wood duck and other larger wooden nest boxes, such as a flicker ...

Last week, I talked about the birds that nest in early spring. I talked about the screech owls and bluebirds that start searching for nesting sites in March. Many take to nesting cavities in trees.

Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes for an owl? Who? Who? Who? One of the best ways to do that is to build an owl nesting box, and it's easier than you might ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2023. Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes for an owl? Who? Who? Who? One of the best ways to do that is to ...