Ellis Bird Farm Owl Cam 2024 [Video]

CONGRATULATIONS Ellie and Albert on your 1st egg of the 2024 season.
CONFIRMED: 1st egg Monday, April 1st 2024

TIME STAMPS for Sunday March 31st into Monday April 1st
19:00:00 Ellie, after spending the day perched on the back limb, carefully climbs down and around the edge of the nest into the nest bowl; she spends time prepping the nest
20:37:03 Ellie leaves the nest by the back branch after hearing Albert hooting nearby
21:2820 Albert hooting nearby off view
21:29:50 tea kettle makin’ eggies
21:42:28 Albert flies into the nest with a mouse in his beak; calls and looks about hooting; Ellie responds from close by
21:46:01 Albert leaves the nest with the mouse in his beak
23:56:15 Ellie comes down the back branch and steps gingerly into the nest
01:09:58 Ellie stands and we see an egg (EEEEEEE)
01:23:58 Ellie stands again and we see the egg again.
01:09:48 Another peek at the egg
02:19:50 Ellie pulls at her rear feathers, at the stick then turns and settles after some time
03:17:46 Ellie stands and leaps up to the back branch for a break; egg is so beautiful

WELCOME TO THE ELLIS BIRD FARM OWL CAM 2024
The camera is pointed into a nest used by a local pair of Great Horned Owls that we affectionately call Ellie and Albert.

EBF website: https://www.ellisbirdfarm.ca/#/Channel/@ellisbirdfar. .

Ellis Bird Farm location: https://www.google.com/

This nest, located at the Ellis Bird Farm, is in central Alberta, Canada. The Ellis Bird Farm is a non-profit organization dedicated to conservation, education & sustainable agriculture. We promote environmental education and wildlife conservation.

Great Horned Owl Scientific ID: bubo virginianus Strigidae kingdom Strigiformes chordata
Scientific Name: bubo virginianus
Family: strigidae kingdom
Animalia Order: strigiformes
Phylum: chordata

References:
1. Cornell University – All About Birds: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/
2.Cornell University- Birds of the World: https://birdsoftheworld.org/
3. Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC): https://www.aiwc.ca/
4. National Audubon Society https://www.audubon.org/
5. Kids National Geographic: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
6. Nature Conservancy Canada: https://www.natureconservancy.ca/
7. International Owl Center: https://www.internationalowlcenter.or./
8. Owl Research Institute: https://www.owlresearchinstitute.org/
9. Bird Facts: https://birdfact.com/
10. Wildlife Response: https://www.wildliferesponse.org/