Here is a website that discusses the Barn owls and nesting.


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From watching and following the chat that streams with the cam, one poster said the chicks are born blind, and have to learn where to point their beaks to get food. You can hear Molly chatter while she is feeding...so they can locate her sound.

The most recently hatched chick seems to make the most noise.
I am unsure if the 4th egg has hatched yet, but the 3rd (Austin) seems to be screeching quite a bit this morning.

Here is a YouTube from a 2007 cam of a Barn Owl defending her nest from a Crow!

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This is a 10 second YouTube of a group of almost grown Barn Owls... they are pretty interesting!

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This one is short too: Owlets hissing in fear and warning:

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They do look like monkeys at this stage.

this is a really cute video of another variety of owl...the Burrowing Owl...these 3 chicks were rescued and the video is from the London Zoo:

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The music is great and they are equally cute!