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Sunday, September 11, 2011
9/11 to 9/12-- Just the Factz Fling & Fly Report Treats FIVE (5): 3 to Pearl and 2 to Belle, but one of Pearl's treats was left in the corner, Belle ate it at about 4:00 - No branching yet! Just porchabouts.. Pearl did her first DaylightAbout- re-entered the box at 6:18 am, video below
Belle is 58 days today, Pearl is 54 days today! Branching= 55 to 65 days of age.
Usual 1st full flight= 60 to 70 days.
Adult Owl @Day 80.
Ashley (Molly Clutch 2)at 58 days old missed the landing trying to fly back to the box from a perch. She went to the ground & and reappeared - flew back in the following night. Just a reminder that owlets can climb trees with their powerful claws and beaks if they find themselves on the ground. So have no fear and enjoy the show! - From Cowliflower's Fun Facts and Florets:
Last nights Twitter F"owls": (thank you DodgerGirl!) Belle:"cant sleep. Sis yappin' like a (woof). 8 good but sis buggin'. need a ratz 2nite again" Pearl : "build a bridge and get over it. I'm eating any ratz 2nite. No stealies. Gr8 nite for porch, may go"-8:24: Pearl: "chatters B talkin food, killin' me yo. Where b mine?? I'd go4 ribeye rt now, but normal go4 sounds better. Come on!"
But I don't want to go in yet... Sept 12 6:15 am Screenshot by Sher67
pEarl decides to spend some time on the porch this morning. She came back in to relieved kisses and preening from Belle and admitted she isn't the outdoor type at 6:18 am. Fledging Rituals: Parents fly around, peek in area: Here is Roy peeking in on Owlets last night at 2:49 am
Roy does a Peekabout on owlets: September 11th, 11:49 pm: Screenshot by Couleedam
Pearl on Edgeabout screenshot By Couleedam
First treat of the night, video by Owlfinn!
September 11 8:37 pm
Dogabout- Coulee gets a shot of Sampson, OCG Neighbors dog, for CK
(8) Fly me to the porch, and let me grab my great big Rat...(8)-Mooleyjones
Pearl Closeup September 10th by EmmieJan
September 11th 8:36 pm
September 11 photos by OCG
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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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