As Willow and Aspen’s family move to the outside world, our viewing time will soon come to an end. We will continue to broadcast the owl nesting box and the evening cameras until the owls can no longer be seen. I'd like to take this opportunity to give a very special thanks to some contributors that have truly enriched our overall experience and enjoyment. First to Bob Ellingson and The Owl Fan for moderating the conversations well. And then to Dagmar and Morse for the very informative evening reports and video captures of important events. We thank you dearly for these valuable contributions. I also want to express my appreciation to those that donated. Your generosity in support of SVN is incredibly helpful, and the funds raised will entirely go to support the Barn Owl Cam. We look forward to sharing the new owl nesting box with you in 2017. We'll post progress reports on our website: www.siliconvalleynaturecam.com The live outside cam is up: 7 5/13 to 5/14 Evening Report provided by Dagmar and Morse: Start 0940 pm Owltime Enso at the door, calling, one Owl on the roof. 56 F Wind 9 mph Humidity 65% Precipitation 0% Partly cloudy 1009 Willow came in with a mouse. Enso eats a little and sits back to the door. He does gymnastics. 1028 Two Owls on the roof, one in the tree. 1035 Enso eats the mouse , 3 Owls on the roof 1108 Outside feeding 0015 Enso flying against the walls and the door. Two owls sitting on the roof, one in the tree. 0033 A mouse was brought and Enso placed it in the corner 0044 An owl looks in and fly away again 0125 Enso preens himself. Plenty of entertainment outdoors. 0203 Scream of an owl. No barn owl. No excitement among the kids. 0213 Enso sits at the door and swings his head, a mouse is still in the corner. 0233 Fly out Enso! You have enough strength in the wings. That you have shown in your gymnastics. Your siblings are waiting for you. Jump! Flashing eyes in tree. 0251 A sibling is close to the door, then 3 owls on the roof 0258 Peyton comes in! Enso is very excited, chirping, preening him and flapping with his wings. The two others are sitting on the roof. 0344 Big noise on the roof, Peyton leavs. It will be a outside feeding 0357 Enso looking far out the door, looks like he would follow Peyton. 0400 Enso leans too far out the door, loses his balance, stuck with his wings in the door . Comes back inside. I hope he has not hurt himself. 0449 Enso stretched wings and legs, everything seems to be ok with him 0514 Enso eats the mouse 0520 Peyton is back and leaves at 0522 0532 Willow brings a mouse in the box Peyton will now sleep the day in the box. Another, long, lonely day for Enso Welcome to our wild barn owl live nest cam. Yes, these barn owls are wild and free to come and go. Barn owls like to nest inside structures, and they have chosen this owl nesting box as their home for the last 5 years. The camera is mounted above the door entrance/exit, so the entrance/exit is not visible from this viewing position. If you would like to learn more about barn owls, please visit our website: www.siliconvalleynaturecam.com Owls are nocturnal, so there is typically more activity in the evening than during the day. There is a 2-hour video rewind feature located in your window. The red line under the video is a "scroll bar" with the dot on the far right side. Click on this and then scroll back the dot to a desired time - up to 2 hours. Click on the "live" text and return to live video. Willow and Aspen (the bonded owl pair) had 6 owlets this year! Two passed away. Thanks to our viewers who submitted names to help name the owlets. Owlet #1, Peyton (because he was laid on Super Bowl Sunday), laid hatched 3/10/2016 at 5:15pm PST, laid Feb 7th at 11:01am PST. Owlet #2, Niña, hatched 3/11/2016 at 9:45pm PST, laid Feb 9th, at 2:21pm PST. Nina passed away at 1:29am on 4/11. It was noted that a talon entered the owl house earlier in the evening attempting to grab Enso and then later appearing to grab Nina. It is unclear if she was grabbed by a Great Horned Owl (or other enemy owl) or fell out during a squabble over a prey delivery. SVN searched for Nina, but did not find her. One viewer wrote in to our local newspaper wildlife columnist to see if she could shed some light on this mystery: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_29787395/morris:-owlet-grabbed-by-mysterious-intruder Owlet #3, Jet, hatched 3/13/2016 at 10:37pm PST, laid Feb 11th, 8:36pm PST Owlet #4, Valentina, "Val", (because she was laid on Valentine's Day), hatched 3/14/2016 at 9:17pm PST, laid Feb 14th, 5:07am PST. Owlet #5, Enso (for El Nino Southern Oscillation). Hatched approximately 3/17/2016 at 9:20am PST (exact hatch day/time not known), laid Feb 16th, 8:32am PST Owlet #6. Pigwidgeon , "Pig", hatched 3/20/2016 at 4:16pm PST, laid Feb 18th, 2:55pm PST, died 3/30/2016

• published: 16 May 2016
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