SEVEN (7) treats, 6 mice, one gopher!
Our night began with much excitement, as chatters Jenninmich and others noted a "shadowy figure" or "something with fur" "or per Eagle Eye, perhaps a squirrel" passing the owl box: Here's what happens when you rattle up an An Owtlaw Momma:!
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| Feb 28 7 pm Bonnie in DEFENSE mode !!! Note the babies corralled behind her! |
The culprit, alas, our own host OCG (OwlCamGuy)! Who, in his advantage point from Cam 2, now known as The Lookout, wanting to benefit chatters attempted to use a feather duster to remove a cobweb! Bonnie says: None of that, thank you!
6:13 pm - mouse PB Floyd flew by others to grab 1st mouse of the night.
6:17 pm – mouse , snagged by Billy!
6:26 pm – mouse This one Bonnie took 1st half and fed 2nd half to Annie.
6:53 pm – mouse shred for Annie and Jesse.
(Thank you TweetKathleen!!)
LvOwls also noted the following!
2:01 -- Clyde arrives with a mouse lays it down in front of the owlets, no takers. Bonnie on flyabout.
2:08 -- Bonnie returns
2:18 -- Clyde brings in a mouse and tries to give to Billy, who is sleeping, then just lays it down.
2:36 -- Clyde brings in another mouse lays it down by the owlets and gives Bonnie a quick kissy face.
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| March 1 Bonnie and Babies early morning, screencap by Hundon |
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| Owl Siesta March 1st by Tresbien |
12 barn owl fascinating facts
Discover 12 fascinating facts about the beautiful barn owl.
1 The barn owl was voted Britain’s favourite farmland bird by the public in an RSPB poll in July 2007.
2 Historically, the barn owl was Britain’s most common owl species, but today only one farm in about 75 can boast a barn owl nest.
3 Barn owls screech, not hoot (that’s tawny owls).
4 The barn owl can fly almost silently. This enables it to hear the slightest sounds made by its rodent prey hidden in deep vegetation while it’s flying up to three metres overhead.
5 The barn owl’s heart-shaped face collects sound in the same way as human ears. Its hearing is the most sensitive of any creature tested.
6 Barn owls are non-territorial. Adults live in overlapping home ranges, each one covering approximately 5,000 hectares. That’s a staggering 12,500 acres or 7,100 football pitches!
7 It’s not uncommon for barn owl chicks in the nest to feed each other. This behaviour is incredibly rare in birds.
8 In order to live and breed, a pair of barn owls needs to eat around 5,000 prey items a year. These are mainly field voles, wood mice, and common shrews.
9 Though barn owls are capable of producing three broods of five to seven young each year, most breed only once and produce, on average, only two and a half young. 29 per cent of nests produce no young at all.
10 91 per cent of barn owls post-mortemed were found to contain rat poison. Some owls die as a direct result of consuming rodenticides, but most contain sub-lethal doses. The effects of this remain unknown.
11 In a typical year, around 3,000 juvenile barn owls are killed on Britain’s motorways, dual carriageways and other trunk roads. That’s about a third of all the young that fledge.
12 Everyone can help barn owls. Leave a patch of rough grassland to grow wild thus creating habitat for voles, erect a super-safe deep nest box, volunteer for your local barn owl group, switch to non-toxic rodent control
Roy and Dales Eggs Clutch 2
Egg #1 1/19 7:15 am
Egg #2 1/21 8:13 am
Egg #3 1/23 9:33 am
Egg #4 1/25 1:22 pm
Banner Info
http://www.cafepress.com/theowltlaws.581308640 2012 Calendar Belle Starr 7/15, 10:23 am. Pearl 7/20, 3:53 am. Boone 7/24, 10:11am Wyatt 7/25 6:35 pm, Zee 7/28 1:10 pm (eggs 2 & 4 non viable) Wyatt passed 8/3, 11:15 pm. Zee 8/4, Boone 9/2
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