16 Might 2025
Keep in mind after we watched Schenley Park’s nice horned owls from late winter into early spring? Nice horned owl fledging season is long gone however woodland “earless” owls have simply reached fledging time in Europe and North America. Let’s check out the household lifetime of two species.
Tawny owls in Europe (Strix aluco) and barred owls in North America (Strix varia) are in the identical genus Strix, the “earless” owls that inhabit forests, parks and suburbs. They resemble one another in look and breeding conduct. Each nest in tree holes, on snags or in constructions reminiscent of nest containers.
Within the U.Okay. tawny owls reached hatch time in early to mid-April. This video posted on 17 April by Robert E Fuller reveals three eggs hatching at a tawny owl nest in Yorkshire, UK.
By late April, tawny and barred owlets have been half grown. Right here’s a night feeding early this month on the Wild Birds Limitless Barred Owl nestcam in Indiana. Because the video begins you possibly can hear one of many dad and mom hooting.
This month barred owlets in North America’s mid latitudes are “branching” earlier than they fly. This 7-minute video reveals a barred owlet doing a little dangerous maneuvers within the timber.
Look ahead to conduct like this in a park or woodland close to you. Maintain trying up and also you may see a branching owlet.
