Week of Monday May 2 2010
Another evening of Pitch and Woo: Roy chirped and chirped, and danced and weaved: at least one bonding session and Dale spends more time near the box (but not quite ready to roost in the box yet ) as she flies off again
As Coach30 says.. "Back to the Books, Roy!
5:00 am An interesting FlyBy "over" Dale on the hitching post .. hmm.. now whoooo was that?
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| May 2nd: Roy in the Entry Way, Dale on the Porch: The Mating ritual continues.. |
Per Lvowls and the Posse:
Roy and Dale are definitely a couple now. We witnessed Roy and Dale bonding at least 4 different times, which included 2 definite mating sessions. The first two bondings were rather awkward and Dale looked like she wasn't sure what to do. Oh, what sweet young love we are observing and a couple that we can assume made a lifetime commitment. (And we all thought it was going to be boring after our owltlaws fledged.)!
Earlier blog entries were incorrect! Angowl thought that Clyde returned, but we were hoodwinked... nay bamboozled.. Clyde and Bonnie continue to train the kids, and enter our newest Owltlaw, Raving Roy Rogers..
Last week, Roy was courted by the BB, The Dark Beauty, but declined. He now woo's (or attempts to chirp/woo) the Delightful Dale... What will be this week's episode? Stay tuned!
See Owlfin's slide show from April 29th to April 30th here
April 30th- May 1st
OwlCamGuy's Roy (and Billy the Kid) photos!
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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