Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Mme. Owl Prepares the Nest Box

A female eastern screech owl visited my nest box this morning. I noticed the visit entirely by chance around 3:15 AM, and she stayed another 20 minutes, while I watched her performing actions characteristic of a female preparing to nest – namely pushing around the bedding material on the floor of the box to create a depression in which eggs could be laid.

My screech owls may be running later than usual, but it appears there's still a very solid chance they'll be nesting in the box.

And if that happens, the screech owl cam' will return.

3 comments:

  1. Mme OWL! YES!
    Owl box hell may just have been purgatory, Chris!
    Hope you've got a live one!
    THANKS!

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  2. Susan G.3:07 PM CDT

    Good news. Hoping the knee thing doesn't keep you from enjoying all things owl like.

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  3. Wonderful! Hope Mme Owl is joined soon by a mate with owlets to follow. So looking forward to your accounts.

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