BARN OWLS, FLORIDA, LIVE WEBCAM

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Location: Florida, United States
Source: Charter Group Birdcams
Info: Live webcam inside a nest box with barn owls in Florida, United States. Barn owls in Florida, generally lay thier eggs in February. Barn owls are nocturnal and like to be in a secluded place during the day so will readily accept nesting boxes and once they move in, they quickly start nesting.

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More info: The barn owl population is soaring to new heights in the Everglades Agriculture Area. Farmers have been encouraged to use natural rodent and pest control and have provided homes and artificial nesting boxes for barn owls to encourage breeding. The open terrain of the Everglades is ideally suited to barn owls.

These natural predators reduce the need for chemical rodenticides benefitting the famer with reduced crop damage and saving money on rodenticides. Rodents are responsible for millions of dollars in damage to crops and farm equipment each year.

About 90 percent of a barn owl diet consists of rodents and despite the abundance of food for the owls, they were disappearing in many parts of the United States and Canada due to the loss barns for nesting. Barns have been disappearing across the continent due to changes in agriculture

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Additional Information :

Tyto alba, barn owl - Animal Diversity Web - animaldiversity.org

Barn Owl- Tyto alba - ebird - ebird.org

Barn Owl - Owl Research Institute - owlresearchinstitute.org

10 Amazing Facts About Barn Owls - birdwatchingacademy.com