Go get em breeding bird box Bob On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 3:06 PM Bob Grover <rgro...@gpinet.com> wrote:
> Folks, > > I have an Eastern Screech Owl currently residing in a box in my West Islip > backyard.. This is her fifth year! The first year, the pair fledged 5 > beautiful owlets in late May/early June 2015. A chronology and photographs > can be reviewed in the September, 2015 Kingbird. In year two (2016), they > fledged four. In 2017 her nest failed, and I suspect that her mate died, > because she returned last year with a new, much redder, much more > aggressive mate, and they hatched either three or, more likely four. They > departed the box very late into the night while I was sleeping, making an > accurate count impossible, and once fledged, they do not return to the > box. I’m am confident that the same female has been returning, as she has > fairly distinctive, sandy blond coloration. She departs in the first week > of June, after all the owlets have fledged, and returns to the box > typically in October, this year on the 18th. So I am curious if anyone > has had a screech owl nest for this many years, and what is typical. I had > been told, after year one, that they generally don’t reuse the same cavity > in consecutive years. Apparently that wasn’t true. I suppose I could > research their lifespan, but I tend to be skeptical of published figures as > they apply to wild animals. > > I bought a camera to mount inside the box, but I failed to get it > installed before she returned last month. The camera should prove > entertaining and also safer, as that aggressive male smacked me in the back > of my head last June, to the amazement of my wife and some friends, when I > got too close to a just-fledged owlet! > > Any helpful information would be appreciated. > > > > Bob Grover > > > > > This communication and any attachments are intended only for the use of > the individual or entity named as the addressee. It may contain information > which is privileged and/or confidential under applicable law. If you are > not the intended recipient or such recipient's employee or agent, you are > hereby notified that any dissemination, copy or disclosure of this > communication is strictly prohibited and to notify the sender immediately. > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- Ken Thompson Sayville NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
