With Kathleen's permission, I am starting this June thread.
We have a family of barn owls. I have counted 6 youngsters, and now they are starting to fly! It's picture time!
I caught this one in flight. It had been up on the truss with the other two.
See the difference in size. I think the small one is younger. Barn owls begin to incubate their eggs as they keep laying more, so they hatch at different times.
The same owl hopped down to the dowel as if thinking about going into the box, then changed it's mind and hopped/flew back up to the top of the box.
The pastures and fields around us have an ample supply of rodents to feed all of these owls, plus a healthy hawk population, coyotes and foxes.
What's happening at your farm?
