But small and medium sized owls, such as the screech owl and the barn owl, are literally better fits for nesting boxes. Rhode Island even has a volunteer-run nesting box program for barn owls.

One of the nine owl boxes installed on David's farm The nest boxes on David's 185-acre farm are used to recreate a natural tree cavity that barn owls would have traditionally nested in.

There are three types of owl species in Indiana in particular that benefit from nesting boxes, all of which are species that nest in cavities. First there is the barn owl, which is actually a ...

Staff at Courteenhall, near Northampton, installed four barn owl boxes earlier this year and three have shown signs of occupation. A barn owl has also been ringed at Courteenhall for the first ...

Making a Barn Owl box: A how-to guide from BirdWatch Ireland for outdoors Teagasc advises that the barn owl is sensitive to disturbance and interference with nest boxes can cause problems.