Backyard Owl Chronicle

Honoring Owl Observations Across the Years

This page is designed to preserve personal owl memories through photographs, infographics, videos, songs, and a seven-year season-by-season calendar inspired by your observation graphic. It serves as both an online nature journal and a visual archive of nesting, courtship, setbacks, tools, and fledging success.

About this Journal

My wife and I adore our backyard owls in Austin, Texas and have been tracking their patterns for many years. We capture images, videos, sounds, and present on these wildcats of the skies whenever we can do so.

Archive Snapshot

7 Years Tracked
13 Owls Fledged
13 Cameras Used

Seven-Year Owl Calendar

This layout spreads the nesting season across multiple years as a single visual board.

Chart is updated throughout the year.

2020
MOM IN BOX
Courtship & Mating
Feb 17 – Mar 5   •   Mar 5 – Mar 31   •   Mar 31 – Apr 29
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2 Owlets fledge
2021
DAD NEAR BOX FROM NOV 19 – APR 15
MOM IN BOX
Courtship & Mating
Mar 14 – 30   •   Mar 30 – Apr 24
Mar 15 – Apr 24
Dad missing; mom killed, eggs lost
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2022
DAD NEAR BOX FROM DEC 29 – MAY 16
MOM IN BOX
Courtship & Mating
Feb 15 – Mar 18   •   Mar 18 – Apr 16   •   Apr 16 – May 16
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4 Owlets fledge
2023
DAD NEAR BOX FROM DEC 25 – MAY 16
MOM IN BOX
Courtship & Mating
Mar 7 – 14   •   Mar 14 – Apr 15   •   Apr 16 – May 16
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3 Owlets fledge
2024
MOM IN BOX
Courtship & Mating
Feb 18 – 29   •   Mar 10 – 24   •   Mar 24 – Apr 16   •   Apr 17 – May 17
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Epic squirrel battle; 4 eggs lost, 4 new
4 Owlets fledge
2025
MOM IN BOX
Dead squirrel removed from box
2026
MOM NEAR BOX
MOM IN BOX
Courtship & Mating
Feb 13 – Mar 10   •   Mar 10 – Apr 4
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January
February
March
April
May

Photographs

Use this gallery for portraits, nesting scenes, habitat views, and favorite moments from the box and surrounding yard.

Eastern Screech Owl perched in leafy tree
Backyard eastern screech owl perched quietly in the canopy; probably the male guarding the box.
Hand-built owl nesting box mounted on tree
Custom cedar nesting box installed in the backyard habitat. Many special features added.
Two screech owls inside nesting box captured on camera
Inside the box looking up at the interior camera: early nesting behavior

Infographics

Series of graphics explaining owl patterns and tools.

Infographic about owl pellets, what they reveal, and how to examine them in the yard.
Backyard pellet survey: what you find under Eastern Screech Owl roosts and what it reveals.
Infographic showing the Eastern Screech Owl nesting cycle from territory defense through fledging.
Annual nesting cycle of Eastern Screech Owls from territory defense to fledging.
Infographic showing camera options for owl boxes, including inside, wired, and outside camera setups.
Owl box camera setups for inside-box, wired, and outside monitoring.
Infographic showing Eastern Screech Owls, their food sources, and their place below Great Horned Owls in the food web.
Eastern Screech Owls and food: backyard hunting range, prey, and food-web position.
Infographic explaining how tree collars help keep predators out of Eastern Screech Owl boxes.
How tree collars help protect owl boxes from climbing predators.

Videos

Embed videos of flight, feeding, calls, trail camera moments, or side-by-side clips that compare the years.

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Custom Texas Owl Songs

Six songs inspired by our backyard owls and created with artificial intelligence.

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Album art for Guardians of the Night
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Silent Sentinels

Guardians of the Night

A tribute to the unseen protectors of the darkness, moving with quiet purpose through the night.
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Hidden Watchers

Night Eyes

Captures the piercing awareness of nocturnal life, where every shadow holds a story.
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Awakened Vision

Owl Eyes Open Wide

A vivid portrayal of alert stillness, where observation becomes survival in the midnight world.
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Stealth Flight

Silent Wings of the Night

Glides through the mystery of noiseless movement, where wings carry secrets across the dark.
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Sky Keepers

They Hold the Sky

Honors the quiet strength of creatures that seem to anchor the night sky in place.
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Fierce Flight

Wildcats of the Sky

Blends power and grace, portraying owls as bold hunters ruling the air like untamed spirits.
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