Valmont Owl Stops Incubation

Valmont Owl Stops Incubation

March 7, 2007

The Valmont female owl seems to have stopped incubation. There are two general trends of thought regarding why.

a. She is an immature female and is unable to or unready to complete an entire reproductive cycle.

b. The eggs were duds or the embryos died following heavy snowstorms.

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