Nature Done Wright

The International Owl Center in Minnesota is having a book sale this week, and one of the picks is …

Anyone that has a screech-owl nest box or is interested in putting one up needs to own a copy of The Screech Owl Companion. The second half of the book is a how-to guide, with:

Plans for a squirrel-resistant nest box (no box is squirrel-proof unless it stays inside your house)

Multiple ideas for how to get it up into a tree to mount it (including an idea that allows you to lower the box to check it rather than climbing up to the box)

How to put a nest cam in a box and how to livestream it

How to prevent getting wasps and bees in the boxes

Why you should put up more than one box, what to expect from nesting owls, and more.