🎉 Welcome back to Fun Fact Friday! 🎉 Learn about Barn Owls and their nesting habits! Consider putting up a Barn Owl nest box to encourage these fabulous predators to nest nearby. Of course, putting up a nest box doesn’t guarantee owls will come, however if they are nearby it gives the opportunity for a safe nesting site! 🦉 #islandraptors #barnowl #birdsofprey #birdsofinstagram #owls #funfactfriday | The Raptors

BARN OWL UPDATE --- The barn owl chicks are getting bigger! As an update to our owl nesting box posts over the last months, this video taken in the last week of July shows the barn owl chicks growing larger! You can see the barn owls’ pin feathers coming out. These sheathed feathers will replace the downy feathers that chicks grow first. Young barn owls remain in the nest cavity for 52-56 days. This nest box was erected by the Hi-Lonesome Chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalists and MDC staff

Willow's three barn owl chicks are looking so grown up. They will be fledging very soon. ☺ Watch them in their nest live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYkUySSjJog | Robert E Fuller

Hans and Grete, our young barn owls, are growing fast with their parents Gylfie and Barney providing for them! Follow the action 24/7 over on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertEFuller/ | Robert E Fuller

BARN OWL BABIES: MDC staff monitor barn owl nest boxes around the state and this video is from one in Barton County taken about 10 days ago. Chicks hatch in the order they were laid so you see various sizes. Barn owls do not “hoot” like other owl species. Instead, they hiss and click their beaks to ward off predators and make raspy calls. They should be gone from the nest box later this month. Barn owls are cavity nesters so landowners can build barn owl boxes to invite owls to their property. |