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Mia, John, Abby, Johny C
Cypress, TX, USA
Description
Feathers were at John Paul’s Landing Park (24202 West Rd, Cypress, TX 77433) and the nest box was at Paul D Rushing’s Chain of Lakes. (9114 Katy Hockley Rd, Katy, TX 77493)
The feathers were about 2” long. They didn’t look like wing feathers.
The nest box was about 20 feet up on a pole. It was made of wood. A gray baby bird with a yellow beak poked its head out.
Category
ID Needed For Feathers And Nestbox
The nest in the first picture needs ID.
Nests are notoriously difficult to ID without also knowing some context – eggs and adult birds are the best clues for ID. Empty nests are much more difficult because many species make similar nests and there is great variation among members of the same species. This all said, I can confirm the nest box is meant for Barn Owls. You can view a construction plan for such a box on this webpage.
OK, thank you! That means the bird I saw was a baby Barn Owl! 🦉
It could be a different species that decided to nest in there
It was a baby Barred owl. We saw a Barred owl flying so maybe that was one of its parents.
That is the word of my day, notoriously
Do you know what type of feathers they are?
No.
It was a baby Barred Owl. Not a Barn Owl.