🎉 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

In the weeks following their first ever flights, barn owl chicks Thunder, Storm & Cloud spent their rest periods hanging out together back at the nest #barnowl #owl #birdcam | Robert E Fuller

The barn owls have hatched! As a follow-up to our owl nesting box post from a few weeks ago, this video was taken on July 3 of the hatched baby barn owls! Notice that the mother snaps her bill and hisses at the end of the video as a way to intimidate potential predators. The young owls are days old, as their eyes are not yet open and they are covered in light down and pin feathers. Young barn owls remain in the nest cavity for 52-56 days. The nest box was erected by the Hi-Lonesome Chapter of th