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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Annie Oakley Steps Out at 12:12 am!

The Parlor members and Hideout Gang are pleased to announce that Annie Oakley, at day 51, stepped outside at 12:12 am! This ties the record with Ashley Royal on day 51. Twelve minutes separated a new record at day 50! Rumor has it that Billy also stepped out thereafter! more details to come!

Clyde at Hitching Post at 6:12 am (almost daylight!) for final check in !

"DAD ! How do I get over there?? Billy 5:03 am April 5th

Annie is out 3:12 am April 6th Screenshot by Owlfinn

Do Drop Inn Menu:13 treats or more tonight! assortment of gophers, mice and the elusive Broad footed Mole- Great Fledge activity including: Ten treats before 11 pm, at least three after

10:46 Billy was ALMOST out the door !
11:24 Clyde with gopher to Billy, which Jesse snatched away from Billy (but we believe Billy was consenting)!
Bonnie has been on the hitching post often and either Bonnie or Clyde came to the door without treat for a face to face!

Billy has been back and forth to the door, Annie earlier on, but lost interest. In a surprising move at 10:30, Floyd also showed interest at sharing the door with Billy!

2:18 Clyde pokes his head in, no treat- bit of a scuttlebutt ensues!
5 am Clyde at door no treat chirping to Billy-Annie is assuming babysitter role, grooming Jesse
3:17 Treat
3:32 Treat
5:06 Loud deets from Bonnie -
5:00 to 5:15 am -Billy halfway out the door
5:22 Bonnie back to door, then HP, then to top of box
6:04 clyde flies to the door quickly, then away!
6:12 Clyde on HP in daylight !

*******Happy Birthday Pretty Boy Floyd 50 today!**********

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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