Looking for the Owl Channel Blog? Click below please for the new location !: 8/10 to 8/11- Just The Factz Overnight Report Treats: TEN (10) assorted gophers/mice, 2 by Dale, 8 by Roy- all ate in a food frenzy, and Boone had Two (2) Whole Mice!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

8/10 to 8/11- Just The Factz Overnight Report Treats: TEN (10) assorted gophers/mice, 2 by Dale, 8 by Roy- all ate in a food frenzy, and Boone had Two (2) Whole Mice!

Special Note to Viewers: Boone can gulp whole treats. Once the youngest owlet can gulp a treat on his own, the Mother Barn Owl stays out of the box for the day. Get your screenies today, as this "may" be the last day Dale spends the day at The Hideout, or she may remain a few more days.. On average, the Female Barn owl has stayed out once the youngest owlet is 22 days old: Here are some stats from previous clutches, compiled from our moderators:

Willow left when Elf was 18 days
Owlivia left when Rocket was 22 days

        Molly left when Wesley was 22 days (Clutch 1)
        Syd left when Dinky was 24 days
        Lucy left when Darla was 22 days

Bonnie was the longest and left when Jesse was 29 days

DodgerGirl's Overnight Roundup Report:

20:01 Roy with food (mouse to Belle)

22:55 Roy with food (gopher to Pearl)

23:26 Dale with food (treat to Belle)

00:30 Roy with food (flat, already torn apart and been through the ringer Thing to all three)

02:52 Dale with food (mouse or small rat to Boone)

03:02    Roy with food (gopher )
03:13    Roy with food (mouse )
03:21    Roy with food (gopher)
03:36    Roy with food (mouse---later eaten whole by Boone, fed by Dale)

Flyabouts:

20:22--22:44

22:48--23:26 (with food)

00:00--02:52 (with food---approximate departure time)

04:06--05:27

Boone ate AT LEAST two whole mice tonight !!!!! Roy and Dale had a great night of hunting, with 10 treats delivered. Roy even brought 4 treats within 34 minutes. Food coma cuddle huddles went on for quite some time.

http://www.youtube.com/user/owlbertfinn#p/u/1/J0KKwGmF278 Boone eats!
Food Feast at 3 am August 11th
http://www.youtube.com/user/owlbertfinn#p/u/2/FpapKxl9k1I
Food Feast continues!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVi2oiSp9x4&feature=player_embedded
Boone eats his First Mouse!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzprI9b3TTY&feature=email
Belle delivers a mouse just for Boone !

3 am Food Feast~

The Food Feast Continues!

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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