Bonnie Defends The Hideout against Two Crows!
Today at noon, two crows appeared on the roof. Immediately, Bonnie went on defense to protect her babies. Each crow took their turn to the door and was met by Bonnie and they took off. Bonnie is a great mom and remained on alert. All owltlaws stayed in the back and are fine. LvOwls our Owlsome Moderator was on at the time and reports!
It was pretty scary at the time and you can bet I was yelling! I didn't know what was going to happen, thank goodness Bonnie was great and ready. The first crow met her face to face and flew off, the video is of the 2nd crow. This one, she actually attacked and scared the heck out of him.
Viewer numbers jumped as news spreads quick across the owl box. Video below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDYszoMCEfM Compliments of MollynMcGee
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Sunday March 7th photos:
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| Bonnie kicks out the gagshag and keeps the Hideout in order! 3/7 7 am screenshot by Tresbien |
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| "Hey why is everyone upside down"? March 6th Billy views the world a whole new way |
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| Billy and Momma hold down the fort at The Hideout screenshot by Tresbien |
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| Mom? Can I come out now? March 7 Bonnie keeps "The Law"-Owltlaws Under Cover 6 am |
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| Bonnie flying in March 6 screenshot by Owlbert |
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
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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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