Terry’s owls are getting serious about the business of parenting. The female appears to have decided that five eggs are enough, and is incubating them full time. The male has been bringing her mice, and she has been dining in rather than leaving the box to eat them.

Five eggs will be a pretty good brood if they all hatch and survive. For the next few weeks, she will be tending them, with the first egg expected to hatch about April 22.