Do you want to have an active role in helping the Maria Mitchell Association monitor and protect Nantucket’s Barn Owl population?
Barn Owls do not like cold weather and over previous years, the population has reached a low of only one known owl on Nantucket in 2005. The Maria Mitchell Association’s data shows that in 2006, there was one successful nest that has helped the population increase, and according to the Maria Mitchell Association, it is believed that the construction of nesting boxes may have been a contributing factor to the increase in population.