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.

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 ...

Conservation initiatives aim to protect the barn owl from urban encroachment by creating networks of artificial nests, typically modified plywood boxes, and by cutting down on the use of ...