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These make ideal locations for owl nest cavities.</p> <p>Second, We have several species of owl native to our area:<br> Eastern Screech Owl - Will use a Red-bellied Woodpecker nest box<br> Great Horned Owl - Likes to use empty Eagle nests and Red-tailed Hawk nests.<br> Barrn Owl - A cavity nester, but will use nests of hawks, owls, squirrels<br> Barn Owl - Also a cavity nester<br> Burrowing Owl - Does not use tree cavities.</p> <p>Because of their nocternal, secretive habits you may already have owl on your property or owls that already hunt in your property and area.</p> <p>You can find more information from any good birding field guide, We have several listed on our web site:<br> http://www.cfbw.com/amzbooklist.shtml</p> <p>Third, another excellent reference guide for determining what types of habitat owls like can be found in "The Birders Handbook" by Ehrlich, Dobkin and Wheye <br> ISBN number: 0-671-65989-8 and the "Sibley Guide of Bird Life and Behavior" by David Allen Sibley ISBN number: 0-697-45123-4 </p> <p>The Loquat is a good source of fruit for several types of birds as well as the Beauty Berry bush. The Beauty Berry has its fruit late in the season and is a good source of food when other types plants have finished for the season.</p> <p>The Northern Mockingbird, and the Orchard Oriole like sliced oranges and will come when you keep a small, fresh supply for them.</p> <p>Good luck.<br> Thank you for visiting the Central Florida Bird Watchers web site and for your great question. </p> <p> </p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <HR> <H3 align="center"><DIV ALIGN="CENTER">Back to:<BR> <A HREF="letters.shtml#Letters">CFBW Letters</A> </H3> <P> <p> <div align="center"> <FORM> <INPUT type="button" value="Click here to return to the previous page" onClick="history.back()"> </font> </FORM> </div> <P align="center"> <div align="center"> <table align="center"> <tr><td align="left" valign="middle" nowrap class="contact1"> <b>Questions, requests or comments, just email us: </b> <A HREF="/info_resfrm.shtml"><img src="/images/konv2.gif" border=2 align="middle" ></A> </table> </div> <P align="center"> <A HREF="/index.html" onMouseover="document.home.src='/parts/hombut3.gif'" onmouseout="document.home.src='/parts/hombut4.gif'"> <IMG SRC="/parts/hombut4.gif" border=0 NAME="home" alt="Home Page"></a> </p>  <table ID="footer" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 align="center"> <tr> <td width="494"><a href="/birdguide1.html" onmouseover="window.status='Birding Tour'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Birding Tour</a> | <a href="/photoguide.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='Photo Guide'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Photo Guide</a> | <a href="/cfbwloc.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='Birding Locations'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Locations</a> | <a href="http://www.blakeyphotography.com" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status='Photo Gallery'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Photo Gallery</a> | <a href="/purpmart.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='Purple Martins'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Purple Martin</a> | <a href="/statebird.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='FL State Bird'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> State Bird</a> | <a href="/cfbwlnks.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='Links'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Links</a> | <a href="/letters.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='Your Letters'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Your Letters</a> | <a href="/birdlst.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='Bird Lists'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Bird Lists</a> | <a href="/rbirdfon.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='Rare Bird'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Rare Bird Phones</a> | <a href="/amzbooklist.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='Seleect Books'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Select Books</a> | <a href="/wxpage.shtml" onmouseover="window.status='Weather'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;"> Weather</a> </td> </tr> </table> <P> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> <P> </body> </html>