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A female sparrowhawk visits the barn owl nest box
18. September 2024, Wildlife
A female sparrowhawk visits the barn owl nest box.
We consider it a barn owl nest box, but other species are interested in it too.
A female kestrel visits the barn owl nest box
16. March 2024, Wildlife
A female kestrel visits the barn owl nest box and peeks in.
While a barn owl is roosting in the box, a female kestrel explores, including peeking into the box.
Barn owls and kestrels can be serious adversaries. Kestrels may attack barn owls on the wing in an attempt to steal their prey, and sometimes that is successful. Sometimes they fight, including to the death of one of them, over rights to a nesting space.
