Construction spotted on UWS water tower that had been home to barn owls

Photos and video show the roof of the water tower that had been home to a family of barn owls has been removed.

The owls had nested in a hole in the water tower near 76th Street and Central Park West.

Thursday, video from the scene showed the roof of the tower had been removed. A worker with a broom could be seen climbing on the exposed water tower roof beams.

It’s not immediately clear what happened to the owls, or the nest…

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