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Spring 2024 Clean Out and Update

It has been a bit of a hiatus, but  we have installed new batteries and are back to monitoring  the boxes.    This Spring, we got help from the Village of Glencoe.  A big THANK YOU to the Village for helping us maintain the houses!  We completed our Spring "check in" for owls.  Nothing right now.  Our owl resident from last year has moved on.  Houses were filled with lots of sticks and leaves, most likely done by squirrels.      We were hoping a new owl would take up residency for mating purposes, which begins in February.   Some Owl mating facts:   Mating occurs February through March. Eggs are laid in April.   The female will lay eggs at two-day intervals.   Average clutch size is four.   26 days to incubate. 31 days for babies to fledge.   Have a single brood but will renest if clutch doesn't take.   I have read some great owl books over the past year and wanted to share:   Wesley the Owl  by Stacey O'Brien 

Spring 2024 Clean Out and Update

It has been a bit of a hiatus, but  we have installed new batteries and are back to monitoring  the boxes.    This Spring, we got help from the Village of Glencoe.  A big THANK YOU to the Village for helping us maintain the houses!  We completed our Spring "check in" for owls.  Nothing right now.  Our owl resident from last year has moved on.  Houses were filled with lots of sticks and leaves, most likely done by squirrels.      We were hoping a new owl would take up residency for mating purposes, which begins in February.   Some Owl mating facts:   Mating occurs February through March. Eggs are laid in April.   The female will lay eggs at two-day intervals.   Average clutch size is four.   26 days to incubate. 31 days for babies to fledge.   Have a single brood but will renest if clutch doesn't take.   I have read some great owl books over the past year and wanted to share:   Wesley the Owl  by Stacey O'Brien