Mom Owl is still in the same position.. maybe she is listening to the children playing....

A little egg roll.

A shimmy and back to incubating.

3:51pm- Two pretty eggs showing as mom does another roll!

Some preening

Digging in the nest

Mom is incubating ...looking at us like..."That is all for now"

Doing some more nest work.. making it comfy!


She is wiggling on her eggs...staying very close to them..


Back to incubating them

Egg roll

Mom seems to be putting more pressure on the eggs when wiggling on them.. can see her head down in the nest

Incubating them .. looking at us like" I have so privacy"



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Question.
What is the incubation period for an Owls eggs..?

Info from African cam:

Estimated Timeline of Events:


•Nesting - usually end of August.
•Laying of eggs - nesting begins with the laying of the 1st egg. The female then lays another 2 eggs (usually) - each egg is laid approx 48 hours apart. Total estimated time for laying of eggs is approx 7-8 days.
•Incubation period - approx 30 days from the last egg laid.
•Hatching of the eggs - as above - approx 30 days from last egg laid.
•Eyes opened for the first time - approx 12 - 15 days old. Lovely to watch the chicks trying to focus on objects around them.
•Games and curiosity period - once the chicks are bigger (from approx 25 days old), they start moving around a lot more, flapping their wings, playing with objects in the pot, standing on the lip of the pot
•Wing flapping / testing of wings - starts from 33-36 days old
•Chicks flying - Our chicks flying starts anytime from 40 days onwards.
•Fledging - with the location of the nest, the chicks are with us for longer than they would if the nest was low to the ground. We have the chicks for 57+ days from when they are born. In the 2nd year, we had them for over 70 days.

Mom Owl is napping... dog barking in the distance...


I am out for a walk...

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Jean ...we were posting at the same time... thank you for the info....

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Just checked on the nest... Mom is gone... can see two eggs. I enlarged it to make sure.. LOL