2013 Barn Owl Cam – Trabuco Canyon, California


January 3, 2009


This cam is located at Audubon California’s Starr Ranch Sanctuary:

Starr Ranch is a 4,000 acre Audubon California sanctuary in southeast Orange County, California. Our mission is to stimulate, coordinate, and perform scientific research on the biology and conservation of the unusual Mediterranean climate ecosystems at Starr Ranch and to extend our science to the local community in the form of unique education programs and conservation activism.

For more information on Starr Ranch, visit our Web site at http://www.starr-ranch.org/

The owl cam will be offline between 10PM PST/1AM EST and 2AM PST/5AM EST.

This is a beautiful camera . These owls are living in the hollow of a eucalyptus tree at the Starr Ranch Sanctuary, Trabuco Canyon, California.

Trabuco Canyon Weather Report

Note: California is on Pacific Time, which is GMT/UTC - 8h during Standard Time and GMT/UTC - 7h during Daylight Saving Time

2010 breeding season is here and Mrs. Starr has laid 6 eggs so far....


01/12/10 All times are PST
Egg 1 01/02/2010 11:00
Egg 2 01/04/2010 10:30
Egg 3 01/06/2010 15:30
Egg 4 01/09/2010 06:30
Egg 5 01/11/2010 11:00
Egg 6 01/13/2010 17:30
Incubation is normally around 30 days, starting with 1st egg laid.

7 eggs as of today Jan. 16th!

ants are out and crawling all over the cam.....

let's hope she stops at 7...


01/16/10 All times are PST
Egg 1 01/02/2010 11:00
Egg 2 01/04/2010 10:30
Egg 3 01/06/2010 15:30
Egg 4 01/09/2010 06:30
Egg 5 01/11/2010 11:00
Egg 6 01/13/2010 17:30
Egg 7 01/16/2010 11:00
Incubation is normally around 30 days, starting with 1st egg laid.

Good Morning! I made it this far. Now have to re-set my bookmarks to find here again.

Soph great scaps and reports!! Wow there are 7 eggs now I hope that is it now!!

Hi Bluee

Mom is busy preening and the cam is clouded by ants perhaps!



Peekaboo Ma

I'm re-posting my first video in this thread



Video: Welcome Home Starr Ranch Barn Owls


"Owls are emotionally delicate, even iin the wild. For example, owls mate for life, and when an owl's mate dies, he doesn't necessarily go out and find another partner. Instead, he might turn his head to face the tree on which he's sitting and stare fixedly in a deep depression until he dies. Such profound grief is indicate of how passionatel owls can feel and how devoted they are to their mates."

--Wesley the Owl, by Stacey O'Brien




Video: We Both Need a Break

preening leg feathers

No eggs hatched so far