View Exciting Owl Nests via Live Cams

Young owls are great fun to observe as they mature at their nest sites, such as this large downy Great Horned Owl.

Now, birders can monitor three different species of owls at their nests – Great Gray Owls, Great Horned Owls, and Barred Owls – thanks to live-feed cameras and internet streaming. In fact, you can observe the Great Gray and Great Horned nests simultaneously at their Montana locations. The Great Gray Owls are incubating eggs at their picturesque snag-top nest site, while the Great Horned Owls already have three large feathered nestlings. The Barred Owl pair is caring for three downy nestlings in their infamous nest box in Indiana.

The nest sites of the Great Gray and Great Horned Owls can be viewed live at https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/ provided by the Owl Research Institute (ORI) and Explore. ORI also promises a new nest cam to monitor a Long-eared Owl nest soon, plus they will provide their annual view from the Arctic live cam at a Snowy Owl nest site when local conditions permit. In the meantime, you can review some remarkable video highlights from last year’s Snowy Owl nesting season as a bonus to the on-going live owl camera feeds.

We brought the Barred Owl live cam to your attention in March after the clutch of three eggs was laid, so if you have been monitoring this big nest box, you know that two nestlings hatched on April 11 and the third on April 14. This site actually has two cameras for you to view the nest box action live – one shows the view inside the nest box, while the other shows the nest box from outside, which is handy when an adult brings food to the nestlings. These popular Barred Owl live cams are provided by Wild Birds Unlimited and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at https://www.wbu.com/owl-cam/ In addition to the live cams, you can watch video highlights from last year’s successful nesting season that are sure to interest anyone.


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