Barn Owl Trio
From Barb Rimel
A little road trip...the Barn Owlets have grown so much! No more fluff balls...they have their adult feathers.
When I first saw them, there were five of them...now there are three.
Two other photographers I follow were in the comments saying the other 2 had already fledged, so nothing bad happened to them, they just are out on their own already.
Owl egg hatchings are spread out over a few days, while other birds have them hatch at the same time.
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I used to be so afraid of the barn owl. it's not even in my part of the world, I think
I think it's because of one episode of the ghostbusters cartoon lol
Barnies should be everywhere except Antarctica, it's just their numbers have taken a huge hit as we lost a lot of large land areas dedicated to agriculture.
As strange as it may sound, some human driven environmental changes can benefit wildlife. Clearing land for fields and orchards creates open spaces for the owls to hunt and brings in rodents looking for the fruit and grain, etc, making it a paradise for owls and other raptors.
But when we go too far and seal up the barns and remove old trees for nesting and poison the rodents, we lose the owls also.
I see. maybe I'm too much of an urban boy as I only have seen owls in aviaries and zoos.
The rare Barn Owl will make its way into the curry, but it's certainly not their normal environment.
I was surprised when we went to New York City to hear a Great Horned Owl calling in the morning, so even that large an urban area can still host owls.