The first Little Owl eggs of this year have been found in Boxmeer remarkably early in the season. Ornithologist Huub Thoonen of the Boxmeer Bird Working Group made the discovery on Friday, March 18, together with Tiny de Man from Mill. "I have never experienced March 18 before. I have seen it at the end of March, but never this early." Normally, Little Owls do not lay their first eggs until the end of March or even the beginning of April. That m…
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The first Little Owl eggs of this year have been found in Boxmeer remarkably early in the season. Ornithologist Huub Thoonen of the Boxmeer Bird Working Group made the discovery on Friday, March 18, together with Tiny de Man from Mill. "I have never experienced March 18 before. I have seen it at the end of March, but never this early." Normally, Little Owls do not lay their first eggs until the end of March or even the beginning of April. That m…