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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 ...
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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 

    Stacey is a biologist that adopts a baby barn owl with an injured wing that could not have survived in the wild.  

 Alfie & Me by Carl Safina

    Carl is an ecologist that rehabs an injured screech owl, and this is the story of the remarkable impact, Alfie the owl, has on his life.  

 And stay tuned for updates on our trail camera findings...


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