The barn owls have hatched! As a follow-up to our owl nesting box post from a few weeks ago, this video was taken on July 3 of the hatched baby barn owls! Notice that the mother snaps her bill and hisses at the end of the video as a way to intimidate potential predators. The young owls are days old, as their eyes are not yet open and they are covered in light down and pin feathers. Young barn owls remain in the nest cavity for 52-56 days. The nest box was erected by the Hi-Lonesome Chapter of th

Nicknamed 'screech owl', the barn owl's call is a haunting, high-pitched scream 🙉 But that's not the only sound in this owl's vocab. Here's how to identify its different calls 🦉💭 | Robert E Fuller

Barn owls are acoustic predators. The disk shape of their face funnels sound toward their ears and builds up a sort of 3D picture of the sound around them. Watch the moment this barn owl strikes its prey captured in stunning detail. http://bbc.in/1xW44Tc | BBC Earth