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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Belle Starr's shining moments, Night one- at least THREE feedings ! nom nom

OwlCamGuy's Video of Dale and Belle Starr

Screenshot by Cowliflower

Dales First Flyabout, Belle's First Time Alone July 16

Screenshot By Cowliflower

At 4 am EST, BugGirl, Kpanda, and Vixn Nocturnal Sue, along with Lonestar said that Belle had already had THREE feedings that evening.. her melodic squawks were music to everyone's ears.. On one 14 minute flyabout, we had the pleasure of watching Belle squiggle, wiggle and turn on her eggy brothers and sisters.. soon to be dubbed the Belleabout. (inital tm Hummerdad who started it all with the PorchAbout (tm)....

More updates on, in and throughout the day with pics, footage and chat clips (thank you StatOr) from our wonderful hatch day..

By BettyGoosie

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LoneStar's Updates:

For chat, Dandy got video of Dales first flyabout with Belle alone with the eggs... GREAT!!

Belles first time without Mom-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPM5f1bHFnA ...from DandyLion, thanks!!!

Dale fed Belle, or at least went through the motions with the first treat Roy brought in. He came in, handed it to her, and left. She immediately shredded it and ate, looked like she fed or at least tried to feed Belle as she took it right over to where Belle was. Belle was right there at least part of the time. She also used the classic fast-chitter food call for Belle. Belle is also getting the deeper hiss/rasp that they use when hungry and/or eating.

Roy came in a 2nd time, another treat, quick bonding this time.

Dale is very protective when Roy comes in, gets down and "spread out" over Belle and eggs even before he comes in door. Hence he hasn't seen Belle yet. I have NO doubt he knows she is there though.

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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