2010~ Molly and McGee barn owls!
 

The first hatching has occurred and the little chick "Max" is making quite a din this morning.(there is sound there)

There are 5 eggs, and Molly is very beautiful to watch.

Since the hummingbird cams are in hiatus ..waiting for new nesting and egg laying...the owl cam is a good substitute.
They have many viewers too, very popular. over 6000 this morning!

Here is the link:

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It has night vision, since the owls are most active at night. The night stuff is in black and white, the day stuff is in color.

There is a second baby owl now hatched.

I have to say, this cam is very interesting and has more emotional punch than I first thought.

It had over 10,000 viewers the other day too!

Watching Molly eat various mammals can be difficult. Yesterday she ate a rat, and swallowed the tail whole, like a long strand of spagetti! (the bunnies are not for the faint of heart either) :thud:

However, I just watched her tuck a tiny owlet chick under her wing, with such gentle care with that same shredding beak, that it was amazing! A lot of extremes on this cam!

What's the website address? Can anyone watch? :)

OMGosh.... did I forget the link?

I edited the first post.

Thanks! This is just as addictive as the hummingbirds! :)

First time I've watched this, but not a lot was happening, the bird was napping! lol Well, I guess it's night time in your part of the world...hang on, aren't owls usually awake at night?! :D

Yes, I live in EST US and best viewing for me has been between
6am-9am Since Calif is 3 hrs behind us. At night the camera is only black and white.

Owls are more active at night, so I guess you'll have to consult a time zone map to find your best times to view.

The male owl, McGee brings food for Molly and the chicks.
I have never seen that happen yet however.

There are videos listed at the bottom of the page, and one is of the two chicks when Molly left briefly to do Owlish hygiene issues. I think it was from early hours yesterday. So the best parts are saved and you can still view them.

Be advised that this Owl cam is more graphic involving eating dead mammals than the Eagle cam is. The eagles seem very dainty compared to Molly IMO ..;)

Here is a link to a saved video of Molly feeding the two chicks...
If you enlarge the screen you can see it clearly.


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That is amazing! BTW.....what is that she's feeding them? :confused:

errrr... small mammals are the typical fare.

This video has alot of interesting things on it. Babies view (there are now 3 hatched chicks) and a short narration in the beginning by Carlos (the owner) and the new e-book deal he is completing.
(proceeds to go to bird habitat development in his area).

We get to see Dad, McGee, the chicks and get to hear owlish communication between the adults and more dead mammals.


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This video shows Molly eating the old eggshell that was Austin's when he hatched. Some birds eat the shell to replenish the calcium.

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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!

Bump! *grin :o

There are 4 chicks, now hatched in the nest. They have named the 4th, Wesley.

So there are now in order:
Max, Pattison (named after a school which participates on the blog), Austin (the owner's grandson's name who set up the cam) and now Wesley (don't know his relation to it all).

I believe there is one egg left.

Molly has a huge rabbit this morning to feed them all with.
I find the rabbit meals/feedings hard to watch. I much prefer the Eagles with their fish, which seems less gross for some reason!

The chicks are really growing now. There are 4 of them from the 6 eggs. (the last egg did not hatch and one broke)

The chicks are of various sizes, and Molly is leaving them more now since they are bigger. They are rather ugly in a reverse beautiful way.

I like watching the chicks together, like this morning, but I really can't watch feeding times comfortably! There was a still living rabbit the other day, I luckily missed, and the chatters said they all had to turn off their sound. (rabbits scream in a pathetic, horrible manner and I can't stand THAT!)

OMG....that brought back a long ago memory that I wish I didn't have! :(
I won't share it here because no one wants that picture stuck in their mind! Thanks for the warning Mrs.D. Molly is such a good Mom! :o

Oh, I understand... our Oreo (youngest cat) loves rabbits, and we sometimes endure painful moments with that issue. cringe cringe. She is such a wonderful cat otherwise, sigh. Very smart and funny, and she dotes on hubby. She follows him around outside like a dog, jumping around, prancing with her tail up etc.
I love watching them together! (but for the rabbits...ugh)

This new link shows the chicks --they are really growing!


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They still have an alien look tho!

lol...it helps if I sing while watching them..."when the red red robin, comes bob bob bobin along" :D