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Thursday, September 15, 2011

9/15 More updates ! Please see Previous Posts for Overnight!

Belle and Pearl September 6th- Screenshot by Kestra14

Belle is 61, pEarl is 57 days young!

Our Babies have successfully Branched!

LoneStarStateTX: FIRST BRANCHING September 14th: ~Pearl to perch to left, at 9.36pm; ~Belle to perches to right, at 4.07am ~Pearl second outing: 3.40 - 4.00am - mostly off camera

Pearl branched on her 56th day! Belle branched on her 61st day!

Belle Branches Part 1 by Owlfinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iXHDVaiD2s&feature=uploademail

Belle Branches Part 2 by Owlfinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ImOVS_1W0&feature=uploademail

Belle Branches Part 3 by Owlfinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cHPU3iGfSg&feature=uploademail

Belle Branches Part 4 by Owlfinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG46GoEXiUY&feature=uploademail

Pearl Branches Second time on September 15th 3:43 am by Owlfinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtu41bmlVlU&feature=uploademail

Belle Snatches Treat from Pearl September 15th by Owlfinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB_r6pfjoyc&feature=uploademail

Belle Climbs the Hideout Wall September 14th by Owlfinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pK7roN42iw&feature=uploademail

What was the Mystery Treat September 14th by Owlfinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-9lNhSYpLQ&feature=youtu.be

from Tweetkathleen - Pearl's first branching started at 9:55 pm PDT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5cj0STiCOI

TweetKathleen's second video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQLvQesuMeU

Dandilion got videos of Pearl's fallabout and climbupabouthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7LWuNFqTjc

Pearl practices hit and miss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNSXH1hC8Vw

Owlfinn's video: http://www.youtube.com/user/owlbertfinn from the first of Pearl's adventures

OUR PIONEER MILESTONES SO FAR:

pEarl steps on to the porch on 9/7 from 1:43 am to 2:01 am.Belle takes an Edgeabout (talons on front of porch) 9/9.

pEarl takes a Poutabout on the doorway after Belle steals her Ratticus 9/11.
pEarl does a DaylightAbout 9/12- Re-enters the Box at 6:18 am.
pEarl takes a second DaylightAbout 9/13- Re enters the Box at 6:28 am!
pEarl does a Perchabout 9/14 9:36 pm -Followed by a HPAbout at 9:44 pm, and then a Roofabout at 9:55 pm!
Pearl attempts a flight from HP back to Hideout and goes down on a Groundabout! or.. a LowerPerchabout on 9/14

Belle does a RightPerchAbout at 4:07 am 9/14
Belle and pEarl do a WaytoomuchDayLightabout on 9/15, returning inside at 7:18 am!

Screenshot by Sher67

Sept 6th Screenshot by Kestra14

Precious Pair by Sher67

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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