BARN OWL UPDATE --- The barn owl chicks are getting bigger! As an update to our owl nesting box posts over the last months, this video taken in the last week of July shows the barn owl chicks growing larger! You can see the barn owls’ pin feathers coming out. These sheathed feathers will replace the downy feathers that chicks grow first. Young barn owls remain in the nest cavity for 52-56 days. This nest box was erected by the Hi-Lonesome Chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalists and MDC staff

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