After my father-in-law discovered two eggs in our tree stand, we kept an eye on them. One egg was lost to an unknown cause. Upon checking today there it was...all cute and chirping. What was hard to believe is that the owl laid the eggs in a tree stand on the floor with no nest. The baby was born on the floor. There are so many rodents that have been brought up there for food..even a flying squirrel. Amazing and beautiful.