Barn owls Guintas and Yasmin were enjoying the day while waiting for their babies to hatch when things took a sudden turn.
An intruder entered their nest box.
On February 27, 2022, Charter Group Bird cams published a YouTube video that quickly became popular.
We first spot the two barn owls in the video.
Yasmin, the female owl who is incubating the eggs, is deeper in color than Guintas, the male owl.
Together, these two beautiful owls are expecting four eggs to hatch. As they spend their day together, a Kestrel barges inside their nest box.
Two cameras caught it all.
One camera outside and one inside. We see the intruder bird of prey take a peak and he doesn’t hesitate to go inside.
That was a big mistake.
That was when Guintas and Yasmin became alert, ready to fend off the intruder and protect their eggs.
Guintas grabbed the Kestrel, and it fell to the floor of the nest box. Yasmin stood up and became vigilant as well.
The intruder stiffened so the owl wouldn’t be able to move any closer. His claws held the owl’s claws.
Then there was silence.
The Kestrel seemed to rest its body on Yasmin while watching Guintas’ next move.
In a split-second, the Kestrel tried to fly away but was cornered by Guintas.
The Kestrel kept its body stiff, now resting on one of the nest’s walls. Its feet trying to stop Guintas from any more damage.
Both Guintas and Yasmin are in an offensive pose.
It was a team effort.
Yasmin was making sure the Kestrel spotted her.
As soon as the Kestrel’s eyes caught sight of Yasmin, Guintas launched an attack.
They brawled.
The Kestrel tried its hardest to escape the wrath of the soon-to-be-father. After all, Guintas and Yasmin will do everything to protect their helpless eggs.
As soon as the Kestrel was out of Guintas’ grip, it flew off through the small opening of the cage, barely escaping.
The good news is that Guintas, Yasmin, and her eggs were all safe.
The owls won.
According to the YouTube video’s description, all the eggs successfully hatched. You can watch them growing in the channel’s other videos.
The owner of the video explained that all the birds in this video are wild and are free to enter and exit at will.
The admin explained that the cameras, and the aim of this film, are to provide information about the lives of wild barn owls and kestrels.
This way, they can better understand them for academic and research purposes and to support efforts to conserve the species.
There was no “staging” invlolved.
Just like humans, we will do everything we can to protect our kids and our home.
This is exactly what Guintas did when the Kestrel went inside their nest.
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