Barn Owls

We're doing Barn Owls today, and the nest cams don't disappoint! We watched this from when the mama, Wings, laid her egg, and we peeked at the baby, taking a nap in the nest box (12:30pm). We'll check back later this evening and tonight to see if there is more activity when the baby is awake.

Here's the clip of Wings laying an egg.


This one was interesting to me, but I ended up explaining a lot of the vocabulary: nocturnal, foraging, suburban, and asymmetrical, for example. But Monkey seemed to enjoy it, even with that.


Today's narration:

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Barn Owls hunt at night and take a nap at day. They live in boxes or old homes that no people want. One ear is lower and one is higher, so then they can hear better for animal sounds and rat sounds. It's slow when they push out an egg. Her head can move all the way around without moving her body. They claw rats, mice, and bunny rabbits with their talons.

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