HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) says a pair of barn owls have found love this Valentine’s Day at Goose Pond Fish & Wildlife Area (FWA).
IDNR says the owls have made a home in the property’s nest box, and you can watch this couple via a live webcam by going here . The barn owl nest box at Goose Pond FWA was completed in March 2022 and is located next to its Visitors Center. This is the first nesting pair that has decided to call it home. The Friends of Goose Pond group helped provide funding for the camera and box, which has marine-grade plywood to keep the residents dry. It was painted the same color as the Visitors Center and looks like a house.
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State ornithologist Allisyn Gillet said barn owls are typically beginning to look for a nest this time of year. Officials say the couple at Goose Pond FWA will probably spend the next few weeks getting used to their new home and creating a nest from regurgitated food they could not digest, like bones, fur, and teeth, called pellets. When they have enough pellets, the owls will create a depression in them in which to lay their eggs.