Owls are coming!

Some of you may have noticed the concrete base we just poured in our park.

This is the base for the barn owl nest we are erecting. Hopefully we can attract a nesting barn owl who will serve as a “gopher rustler.” We need all the help we can get to keep our gopher population down.

The plastic PVC pipe is just a sleeve to hold the 1.5 inch galvanized pipe that will stand about 11 ft high, and which will hold the actual barn owl nest.

For the technically minded, the concrete base is about 32 inches deep and took 9 bags of concrete. We felt that was needed to withstand the winds we get around here.