“Weird little “room” in the peak of my old barn.

“Weird little “room” in the peak of my old barn.

In the past, the relationship between farmers and barn owls was an important part of life in the country. Farmers knew that barn owls were good at getting rid of pests, so they built nest boxes in their barns. This combined old skills with knowledge about the environment. This practice, which happened before modern efforts to protect wildlife, showed how much the farmers cared about nature’s balance and were willing to include these predators in…