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Friday, July 22, 2011
Hatch watch today and Roy Delivers
Earlier in the evening Roy delivered at 11:46, see Hundon's photo below (Thank you Lv owls for the update !)
First delivery of night July 22 11:46 screenshot by Hundon
East coasters had to wait until about 2:30 am last night to see Roy's 2nd delivery, a humungous gopher, which Dale served up quickly to Belle and Pearl.. oh the dilemma when one first sees the younger owlet facing the wrong direction as the oldest appears to get most of din din.. Fear not Peeps..! We have seen this many times.. along this same subject, for new comers to the Owl World.. Although you worry that they are "hungry".. Roy isn't "delivering"... please remember the Owls have been doing it this way for a very long time.. Roy controls the Clutch. Roy knows how much food is needed. Roy will take his time. Roy will deliver!. Take comfort when the room and moderators tell you all is well.. Let's put The WorryWart bandaid on and relax and enjoy : )) ! More updates through the day : !
From July 19th: Wake up Belle- Please check all of Owlfinn's Terrific Videos on her channel!
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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
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