Following Up On The Bumps and Scratching In My Attic, I Think I Have A Pet Owl!

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... I came up with a theory, that this might be an owl. I'll explain my reasons for this... Almost every night, an owl comes out front of my home, at between 2.30 and 3.00 a.m., approximately. It hoots a few times, and then flies away. Well, I hadn't heard this owl for about a fortnight, but, I had heard the loud flapping of seemingly heavy wings, scratching noises and grit and stuff falling from the eaves. I first heard this two or three nights after the Full Moon, so it would have been during the waning moon cycle. The first time, also, I was sitting at my computer, and it was outside the dining room window. It was so loud, I even pulled back the curtain to see if a bird had become trapped inside, but there was nothing. It made two or three attempts, and although I wondered why at three in the morning, a bird would be in flight, I presumed that it was a bird which roosts in my eaves. Then, it was about four in the morning when I heard the scratching, and thuds, but they stopped when I banged on the ceiling. Then, the next early morning when I was in bed, I heard the same sound as I'd heard outside the dining room window, but this time, outside the bedroom window. In discussion, I remembered this, and I also remembered that I hadn't heard the owl in the past couple of weeks, so, I came to the conclusion that I might have a pet Barn Owl. So, I waited to see what happened after the Dark Moon. Sure enough, the regular flying, scratching and bumping sounds stopped, for two nights. Then, with the New Moon, I heard the owl again, out front... hooting! I've been reading up about the Barn Owl and I think there might be a possibility that they are nesting in my eaves. They're quite a small species, and breeding begins in April. So the timing would be about right. Their nest sites are usually in a tree or buildings, such as barns and derelict buildings, but also crevices in rocks and cliffs. So, if they can get into rock crevices, can they get into my eaves? It doesn't sound an easy task for them, and it takes a couple of attempts sometimes but the wing sound is loud enough to make me think it's a heavy bird. The British Barn Owl weighs between ten and sixteen ounces. What do you think? Am I right in my assumptions, and if so, do you think it's a sign? There are several other things have developed too, which cause me to pause for thought, but at the moment, that's to be figured out. Right now, I'm thinking there's something more mystical to this, but I can't seem to get to the bottom of it just yet. However, it could just be a nesting owl. What do you think?