The female is eating and leaves the remainder of her prey item for later. Using her feet she carefully rotates the eggs & continues to do this throughout incubation.
See: http://watch.birds.cornell.edu/nestcams/camera/index for live views of barn owls and other bird species at the nest.
RO-RO-ROTATE YA EGGS
MPSecare 4 days ago
NOM NOM NOM NOM :P
RoboTekno 1 month ago
@beheheheheh im guessing some kind of vermin, mice maybe
TheMegaGhettoPandas 6 months ago
@beheheheheh food
rtepic 6 months ago
what is eating?
beheheheheh 1 year ago
Spanner :)
SERGER33 1 year ago
Exactly right
LeinadEkkru 2 years ago
why does it rotate its eggs? to keep it equally warmed?
7r1663rh4ppy 2 years ago
Cute
MichiganUni 2 years ago