News Flash

Feb 11th - First egg hatches

Feb 10th - Eggs start chirping

Jan 16th - Second egg is photographed. See Photo

Jan 11th - Mrs Barred Owl now has an egg, and the 2012 nesting season is officially started. See Photo

Dec 6th - Set up the porch camera and got some video of Mrs Owl test driving the nest. The audio was not working, I fixed that today (Dec 7th)

Apr 27th - The Owls are still close to the house. Without owlets they don't seem to feel the need to move deeper into the surrounding woods. We love it.

Feb 13th - Mrs Owl's visits are still daily but shorter, usually 5 minutes. We don't expect eggs or owlets this year.

Feb 1st - Mrs Owl continues to spend an hour or so on the nest each night. This is not a typical nesting season.

Jan 30 - Mrs Owl is 'on the nest' http://www.ustream.tv/channel/owlguy

Jan 26 - We are expecting Mrs Owl to enter the box any day. She visits regularly and has spent more than an hour several times. Join my 'crowd' on Ustream to see the live video streams.

Nov 23 - We have seen and heard the owls and it looks likely they will be using the nest box again this year. I plan on using Ustream to broadcast 24/7 during the nesting season. Hope you will join us.

April 3 - Just created some notes on building a Barred Owl nest box. See Link

Barred Owls are large owls that go by many names. Swamp Owl, Hoot Owl, and Wood Owl just to name a few.

We are lucky enough to share our space with a pair of Barred Owls that have grown to tolerate us. They seem to feel secure nesting within 30 feet of our house. We try to respect them and don't have any pets or domestic animals to complicate their life.

Over the years you will see we have recorded their life in various ways including written logs, video and stills. We enjoy their calls and visits. This site is an attempt to share that joy.

We hope to expand this content as time goes on.