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Monday, August 29, 2011
8/29 to 8/30 7 treats
We have a total of 7 treats so far (5:35)... 3 to Belle, 2 to Pearl and 2 to Boone.
Treat count reported by Coulee:
7:44 Mouse to Bell
8:12 Treat to Pearl
8:24 Treat to Pearl
9:53 Treat to Boone
11:59 Treat from Roy to Belle
2:16 Treat to Boone by Dale
3:31 Treat to Belle by Roy (vole)
Thank you Coach, Coulee and Hundon !
Artist: OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow Title: Israel IZ Kamakawiwoʻole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcA_zVjlGc Special thanks to EmmieJan for her fantastic Fred Chronicles, and to Coulee, Lone and SusanHu for photo contributions
OwlCamGuy secures AND enhances the Hideout for the babies! OCG tightened the loose perch of the old hitching post…removed one of the lower perches…added two new ones, one in front, lower than the porch and another coming straight off the left side of the porch…He also trimmed the branches of the tree to allow for them to freely land on them and for us to watch and enjoy! We hope you enjoy our 24/7 coverage of the Pioneer Gang! Please consider a donation to offset upkeep costs, either by PayPal or Check: information listed on the top of the blog.
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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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