Live Barn Owl Cam (and her chicks!)

chinacat · Mar 28, 2010

This one's good too, it's from the Netherlands.

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/oehoe

I can't understand the blogs but they're great cameras.

kscatlady · Mar 28, 2010

That's awesome!! I love owls!

xocats · Mar 28, 2010

Watching Molly and her owlets is addicting.

Edit...
Another owlet, Wesley, just hatched.

I have an older computer...
this link take less memory.

Molly

otto · Mar 28, 2010

Originally Posted by chinacat

I love these nestcams, thanks for sharing this one.
If people like this sort of thing there's some great ones in the UK, the Derby Cathedral Peregrines are my favourites:

http://195.224.106.202/peregrine/webcam2.htm

They've laid two eggs so far this year.

Also,

http://www.rspb.org.uk/webcams/birds...artenvideo.asp

I think EJ the osprey is one of the most famous birds in the UK!

And,

http://www.thewebbroadcastingcorpora...om/swt/swt.php

The female osprey at Loch of the Lowes has been breeding there for 20 years which is amazing.

Does anyone else here think that owls remind them of cats? Or am I the only one? I think Newt looks like a barn owl due to her little white heart shaped face and Ripley reminds me of an eagle owl with her huge, amber eyes!

No you're not alone! Molly's actions and behaviors very much remind me of cats, I had no idea cats and owls were so similar!

thanks for adding the links!

februa · Mar 28, 2010

I had it on all morning while I was working in lab waiting for the one egg to hatch...I was luckily within sight and saw the whole thing (so did my one lab mate who I excitedly called over).

I cant wait until "my" peregrine falcons come back to the clinical sciences building. Its so neat to follow the offspring from egg to fledge.

xocats · Mar 29, 2010

It's early here...
The night camera is still on.
Molly and owlets are enjoying a breakfast of fresh rabbit provided by their father, McGee.
Did you know that owls mate for life?

natalie_ca · Mar 29, 2010

I don't think one of the babies is doing very well

It's the one in the far back corne. It's moving it's wings occasionally, but not going anywhere and it doesn't lift up it's head. And the more active baby had it's back turned to the camera and it looked like it was pecking at the other one

And the Mom is just sitting there ignoring her chicks

xocats · Mar 29, 2010

I just left and it is not looking good for the one in the corner.

otto · Mar 29, 2010

Look right now..she's tending him and bringing him in to the group

otto · Mar 29, 2010

If you want to see McGee now's the time to watch! he just dropped in to say hello, most likely he'll be back with a treat very soon!

xocats · Mar 30, 2010

I got up really early to check on Molly. It's still dark.
Molly might have all the owlets tucked safely under her now.
One more egg to go.

I hope that McGee brought her plenty of food last night.

otto · Mar 30, 2010

I witnessed a rat and a rabbit before I went to bed!

She save the rat for her pantry, which McGee brought first, but tore into the rabbit, and fed herself and the owlets with it. They all appeared to enjoy it!

natalie_ca · Mar 30, 2010

Can't see any of the babies now. She's laying on them.

EDIT: There was some thumping.. Now she's making a horrid noise!!

EDIT EDIT: Actually the 2 parents were laying on top of one another. It was the male that was making the noise. He finally went off and left the mom

otto · Mar 30, 2010

Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

Can't see any of the babies now. She's laying on them.

EDIT: There was some thumping.. Now she's making a horrid noise!!

EDIT EDIT: Actually the 2 parents were laying on top of one another. It was the male that was making the noise. He finally went off and left the mom

That's called bonding! It's great you got to see it!

xocats · Mar 30, 2010

After watching Molly and her family for the last few days, I will never take birds for granted again.
She has changed a lot of us for the better.

otto · Mar 30, 2010

Originally Posted by xocats

I missed that.

There's always tonight!

McGee starts coming in around 10:30 EDT. He usually visits first (with or without the bonding hug on her back), then his next visit he brings an animal, and periodically throughout the night he returns; both with food, and for more bonding episodes.

You can tell there is an impending visit as Molly will start calling to him before he comes in. Then there is much screeching as he comes in, and bonds with her (stepping on her back) and/or leaving food.

I just can't get enough of watching it!

milk maid · Mar 30, 2010

Just want to say thanks for posting these links, wonderful things to watch, I did go on to the scotish one but all I could see was snow!!! must be cold up there today.

xocats · Mar 30, 2010

Just got back from watching Molly...
apparently she showed McGee the owlets for the first time last night.
The talk in chat is that the 5th egg might hatch today.

I am hooked on Molly watch too.

natalie_ca · Mar 30, 2010

She is pecking at the last egg!!! I think she is trying to help it out of the shell!!!

EDIT:

Ugh! I watched her for a few minutes and then came to post the above, and when I went back she was sitting on the babies again.

natalie_ca · Mar 30, 2010

Awww! She's sleeping now! Doing the famous "face plant"

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