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Friday, August 5, 2011

8/4 to 8/5-10:08 Just the Factz Overnight Report: 4 assorted rodent deliveries by Roy and at least 1 by Dale, a slider mouse to Belle; 8 flyabouts

Overnight Report from DodgerGirl1:

Roy with food Treats: 8:14, 11:01, 12:54, 3:40 Last Delivery Dale with a slider to Belle

Flyabouts: 23:34--01:03 01:56--02:12 02:56--03:36 04:12--04:40 04:43- -
Roy waited outside the Hideout briefly with a treat, listening to the owlets...

How old are our Owlets today-:August 5th? ****Belle Starr 20, Pearl Hart 16, Daniel Boone- 12 days
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Our Chatter KathyGoog is traveling across the country.. we have named this The GoogAbout! Here was Step 1- Hopefully we will catch up with more updates soon as we GoogAbout with kath!

Cross country road trip started 8/2/11:

Day 1~Started in RI, thru CT, NY, NJ & spent night in Pittsburgh, PA. Drove thru 5 different mountain tunnels in PA & so far have seen NO roadkill!

Day 2~Got out of PA, into WV, thru OH, IN and spending night in Effingham, IL. (pronunced "F'ing ham") lol Only roadkill seen thus far was one bird, possibly a crow.

Oh, how I wish I had done this 35 years ago in a VW Bus!

California or Bust! Peace

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We love Pinfeathers!! screenshot by Sher67

"Think I will leave with this racket going on"! Screenshot by Tweetkathleen

August 5th 1 am: Roy Delivers: Belle, Pearl and Boone Hissssss screenshot by Coulee(*)Star

Screenshot by EmmieJan

August 5 5:39 am Belle, Pearl and Boone screenshot by Sher67

Belle's Pinfeathers at 20 days old- screenshot by Cowliflower

august 3rd, Carlos cleans the Camera Lenz and Webz and gives the (y)

The Owl Box Word of the Day from KOWL, San Marcos, CA:
"rousing," the raising and vigorous shaking of the plumage. Also, known as McGee's"ruffle shuffle".

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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