There are about 250 species of owls in the world, and most of these are nocturnal, meaning they are awake and hunting at night.
They are not often spotted as they are usually solitary birds that stay hidden in the day and are well camouflaged and silent for hunting at night.
That is why these owl cams are a fantastic opportunity to get to see these fascinating birds up close.
Many of these owl cams are based in the United States and include Great Horned Owls, Barn Owls, Long-eared Owls, Screech Owls, Barred Owls, and Great Gray Owls.
There are more owl cams from other countries in Europe and also from Israel. These include Little Owls and Barn Owls.
Some of these owls started laying in January so you can watch the action now.
Some of the other owls will not start laying until March or April so don’t worry if there is not much happening yet, keep checking back to keep up with all the happenings.
I hope you enjoy them!
Owl Cams in North America:
1. Barn Owls – Florida USA
These Barn Owls have started laying eggs.
Date of egg-laying:
- Egg 1 = Jan 3, 2022
- Egg 2 = Jan 5, 2022
- Egg 3 = Jan 7, 2022
- Egg 4 = Jan 9, 2022
- Egg 5 = Jan 12, 2022
The Cam is added in cooperation with the University of Florida and the Charter Group of Wildlife Ecology (The Shamir Research Institute and the Department of Geography and Environmental Science of the University of Haifa)
2. Great Horned Owls – Houston USA
These Owls are Rusty and Iris from the Great Horned Owls from Houston. Unfortunatley Rusty has had health problems and Iris may be sitting on unfertilized eggs.
3. Barn Owls – Florida USA
These Barn Owls have also started laying eggs.
Date of egg laying:
- Egg 1 = Jan 3, 2022
- Egg 2 = Jan 5, 2022
- Egg 3 = Jan 7, 2022
The Cam is added in cooperation with the University of Florida and the Charter Group of Wildlife Ecology (The Shamir Research Institute and the Department of Geography and Environmental Science of the University of Haifa).
3. Long-eared Owls – Montana USA
Long-eared Owls can be comical looking with often surprised expressions and long ear tufts.
4. Great Gray Owls – Montana USA
Great Gray Owls usually lay eggs in March or April and this nest is in a hollowed-out tree at the Owl Research Institute in Montana.
5. Great Horned Owls – Kansas USA
This Great Horned Owl nest is the home of Bonnie and Clyde and is located in Kansas on Farmer Dereks farm.
7. Barn Owls – Indiana USA
This Barn Owl nest cam is from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
8. Great Horned Owls – Maryland USA
Great Horned Owls start nesting in winter and the action usually carries on into May.
9. Screech Owls – Texas USA
This nest box has been visited by Screech Owls since December 2021 and a male and female owl has been spotted regularly visiting the nest box.
10. Screech Owls – Texas USA
Screech owls are named after their piercing call.
11. Barred Owls – Oklahoma USA
Barred Owls live in swampy areas in Southern US states and they are a large species of owl.
Owl Cams: Rest of World
12. Little Owls – Netherlands Europe
These Little Owls are breeding in a house in the Netherlands in Europe.
13. Barn Owls – Israel
This nest box is in Israel and was brought to you by the Charter Group Wildlife Ecology.
Currently, there are pigeons nesting in this owl box. Very brave!
However, Barn owls usually nest here and start laying eggs in May or June and lay up to 11 eggs.
14. Barn Owls – Israel
This Barn Owl pair has bred at this school for 2 years and will hopefully breed for more years to come.
15. Little Owls – Hungary
These Little Owls are located in a house in Hungary, Europe. They usually start laying in March or April.
Little owls are burrowing owls that are active during the day.
