New Barn Owl Cam! Located in Lafayette, Colorado I've just found this cam and still looking for info on it but it looks like there are 5 owlets inside and this is the second clutch this year.
Nest Info: Through our research on Barn Owls, we have found several interesting and amazing things about Barn Owls.
1) Barn Owls are 100% beneficial; and in fact, may be the most beneficial bird of prey in North America. The Barn Owls that have used our nest boxes prey entirely upon destructive voles and mice!
2) A family of Barn Owls will consume roughly 500 small mammals in a nesting season. By watching the cameras below, we found that on the evening of June 20th 2015, the male Barn Owl brought in 12 small mammals in a single evening!
3) Barn Owls will successfully nest near other birds of prey, including hawks, falcons and the larger and more powerful Great Horned Owl, if there is adequate food for all species.
4) Several pairs of Barn Owls will successfully nest within a mile of each other if they have nesting sites.
5) To increase Barn Owl numbers all that is needed is to build and place structures (in the proper habitat) for them, and they will use them.
*To continue this project we are accepting donations that will enable us to construct more nest boxes for Barn Owls as well as pay to have the boxes monitored. We appreciate your donations!
This pair of Barn Owls (presumably the same pair that raised the first clutch of owls in this box this year), are beginning their second clutch for this season. The first egg of the second clutch was laid about 9:13 am on July 24th. The second was laid on the morning of the 26th and the third was laid on the morning of the 28th. If all goes well, the first egg should hatch on or about August 15th.
*All of the feathers on the bottom of the the nest box are from the adult female as she is molting her old feathers and growing in new ones. The dark things are the regurgitated pellets of both the adults and the young.
*The male is roosting outside of this nest box during the day. He is most often seen after the sun goes down (this is after 9:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time).
*Don't worry, the owlets are still being fed by the parents even though mom is not inside the nest box today. Sometimes she just needs a break from the kids. On the evening of the 19th and 20th of September the parents delivered prey to the owlets five times.
This camera is sponsored in part by Legacy Designs. This camera is sponsored in part Joe and Mary Jo Heyen.
The inside camera has activity all day, the outside camera shows activity after dark as the owls are moving about the area. These owls have already raised seven owlets and are nesting for the second time this season!
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