[aspundir]

Barn Owls

The admirable bond between barn owls all begins with the male. He carefully works away, constructing a home either from an existing cavity or makeshift nest, and it’s this precious work he uses to entice a female to move in with him. He waits, performing a courtship ritual that involves a charming shrill whistle until successfully attracting a female who wants to share his home with him.

Once paired, the female owl lays between three and twelve eggs at a time and spends her time tending and guarding the eggs which hatch, whilst the father devotes himself to providing food to his new family. Unfortunately the hard work of the parents contributes very little to maintaining wild populations of offspring. These birds, once hatched are extremely vulnerable to predatory attacks and seldom live long enough to reproduce themselves.