Raptors in the rafters: Stockton port nesting program helps boost barn owl population

TUNE IN TO ONE OF THE LIVE FEEDS from the Port of Stockton and you might catch an ivory, heart-shaped face filling the frame — a curious barn owl settling inside its wooden nest box. 

The box is one of 20 stationed high between the port’s industrial warehouses. Each is perched on a wooden rod, a small refuge where native owls can lay their eggs and raise their young.