February | 2023 | Owl Oasis Trail

Last year a red pair used the boxes during the winter but nested in the area a few hundred feet away from the boxes at this site (owlets fledged around 5/25/2022)…

Reminder…Screech owls are always looking at potential cavities all year round even if they don’t stay in the cavity during the day. A new gray phased owl took a quick visit to a box at about 1:20 am on June 10th 2022..

A gray phased and a red phased (could be one remaining part of last nesting seasons pair) both visited this site towards the end of October 2022. But most of the winter was very quiet with no owls staying in the boxes. Until late January 2023 when there would be a sporadic stay from the gray phased owl. However, activity here has picked up with an owl staying in the box every day for the last week or so. Both a red phased and gray phased have been seen recently and are a presumed pair. Nesting season is about a month away so hopefully good things to come.

Frame grab from the brief early morning visit 6/10/2022 (1:19 am)