 June
entered the nest in daylight yesterday for the first time since 1998. With
the exception of this one quick glance at the new camera, she spent all of
her time redecorating. For almost three hours, she alternated between
moving wood chips from one spot to another, and chomping on them to turn
them into sawdust. June's first daytime housekeeping visit in 1998 was
followed six days later by her first egg. First-egg dates for barred owls
in the U.S. range from early-January in southern Florida to mid-April in
northern Maine. June made several more housekeeping visits during the
night which she spent loudly turning woodchips into sawdust. |