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State gives barn owls new nest after callous workers destroyed old one on NYC water tower

New York Post·Ella Morrison, Katherine Donlevy·about 4 hours ago
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These owls got some new digs.

A group of barn owls who’s nest in Manhattan was recently torn apart by a construction crew — enraging locals and sparking a state probe — have been given a new home.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Saturday said they erected a new nesting area for the clan after the careless demolition of their former digs, which were in a water tower on top of a building on West 75th Street and Central Park West.

Construction crews demolished a barn owl nest located atop an Upper West Side building this week. Anke Frohlich/ankefrohlich.com

“To protect any barn owls at the site, an alternative roost location (i.e.…

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