How do I whackamole kind of spawning?

whackamole kind of spawning?

I have an owl that I want to spawn from five different owl houses. When the Owl pops out and the player is in sight I want the owl to attack and then retreat....

ill search more, just wanted to see what I can get here as well.

the scene

so this gets an ok result...im having an issue where it keeps on respawning even though theres already a sprite there...how can i have to where they only spawn if its not taken?

I cant figure this out...

I placed these Owl spawn points....the owl spawn point is one sprite with an instant var..owl spawn point 1-5...

what I would like is... on start of layout Create Owl at one of these spawn points...

when owl animation is finished destroy the owl,

bullet collides with owl destroy owl and create owl and random Owl spawn points....

(i envision the owl poping out like the whackamole game, if he sees me he tries to shoot me, if not he goes back into its hole....)