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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

***Bonnie has not returned as of 6:42 am: Bonnie is spending First Day Out of the Box Thursday, March 17th****** Tresbien notes: the important things are that they are healthy, well fed, and can regulate their temp now!

Billys Big Belly after gulping huge gopher 8:30 pm - screenshot by OwlCamGuy

Jesse: "Billy, where's Momma?" Billy: No worries, kiddo.. she's right next door- I got ya covered ! 3/17 6:45

Hideout Hilarity includes: 6:42 am update: at least Eleven (11) treats so far!
Roundup reports
7:18 bonnie flies off
7:45 Bonnie back with mouse
7:46 Bonnie out
7:46 Clyde with small mouse
7:58 Bonnie with mouse to Annie Down the Hatch, billy says hey, what about me? !
8:08 Bonnie mouse, to Billy
8:15 Clyde with large gopher to Billy
8:50 Clyde with small mouse to Annie who gulped
8:50- 3:27 (2 ) treats came in -unknown times
11:00 OwlCamGuy saw his first Treat Preparation by Clyde on The Lookout! Hummerdad notes one has to be quick on the draw! OCG thinks "QuickDraw" may be a great name for Clutch 2 (fingers crossed ! )
11:22 Clyde- Huge treat noted by Hummerdad and JuneOne!
3:27 am Clyde – small gopher – taken by Annie.
4:35 A Spa Soaked Bonnie returns with a small mouse for Billy

Flyabouts:
7:18-7:45 (came in with Clyde and then right back out after delivery.)
7:46 -7:57 delivery and back out.
3:30 am -4:35 am Flyabout
4:37- Flyabout to
Clyde was on the Lookout from 2:00-2:30 am as one of the owlets was calling out. Soon the calling stopped and Clyde left the lookout.
~Thank you Tweetkathleen and Hideout Gang Members ! **

Owlfinn's Slideshow of 3/15 to 3/16 Hideout Fun~

Our Owltlaws enter their next stage toward Independence Road ! Bonnie will be back at dusk ! stay tuned !

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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