Looking for the Owl Channel Blog? Click below please for the new location !: 9/29 to 9/30 Just the Factz Fling & Fly Report Treats eaten on cam 3: Belle 1 large vole; Pearl 2 gophers. Active night with time in the box, on porch and flyabouts, along with parent tracking.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

9/29 to 9/30 Just the Factz Fling & Fly Report Treats eaten on cam 3: Belle 1 large vole; Pearl 2 gophers. Active night with time in the box, on porch and flyabouts, along with parent tracking.

DodgerGirl reports
Treats:
19:21   Gopher to Pearl from unknown parent (eaten in box)
19:56   Gopher to Pearl from Roy (taken to tree, then to box to taunt Belle, fight ensued but Pearl gulped it). Long stay in box by both kids, a make-up session after fight.
23:06   Large vole to Belle from unknown parent (delivered on HP, taken in box, eaten in tree)

Flyabouts/Activity:
18:57 Belle returns to the Hideout
18:58 Pearl returns to the Hideout
22:19 Parent flyby
22:27 Parent on lookout/Parent does flyby
22:29 Belle flies off with parents
22:41 Belle returns (looking full, possibly ate)
22:47 Pearl does flyabout
23:10 Pearl returns from flyabout to check on Belle's treat in box
22:48 Belle flies off with her stolen treasured treat
23:31 Belle returns, looking guilty and goes into back of box. Neither owlet will acknowledge each other for over 45 minutes.   owletsiblinggrudgeabout
Both owlets went on flyabouts on their own. Possible additional prey eaten offscreen. Roy and Dale were around, off cam, with increased luring attempts. We could see the owlets tracking the parents from the porch and owlets were vocalizing loudly, indicating the presence of the parents.

Hundon Reports:
I was there from 1 - 2.10am and then again from 3.10 to 3.50am
I didn't see any deliveries during that time; Either Pearl or Belle was sitting on the corner of the perch all the time I watched; one would go off on flyabout when the other returned and continue with the sqawking. When I left at 2.10 Pearl was calling, Belle had gone at 1.50 and apparently returned at 2.40. I left Belle in full voice at 3.50, Pearl had gone off at 3.04 (chatter told me those times). Thank you Hundon for all you do!: )

Thanks for the photo/video contributions:
couleedam's photostream   http://www.flickr.com/photos/coulee/
OCG’s Photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/owlcamguy/6194557128/in/photostream/
Coach’s Treat photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/coulee/6196495583/in/photostream

Last Night's Videos from Owlfinn:

Sept 29 2011 7:20PM Treat To Pearl - Belle Wants It - Pearl Takes Off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-8m5xEVfGo&feature=uploademail

Sept 29 7:57 Pearl Gets a Second Treat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0cuzPw5DQA&feature=uploademail

Sept 29 2011 8:21PM Pearl Returns With Treat - Both Go Into Box! Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JSE2ngy4MY&feature=uploademail

Sept 29 2011 Belle and Pearl Inside The Box Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-b70s7MjsM&feature=uploademail

Sept 29 2011 Pearl Says I'm Sorry (Or Did She)? Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQRRzckEywo&feature=uploademail

Sept 29th: Parent Flyby coming in from the Right, fast forward to 3:23.. fly is 3:24 to 3:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbrYj1ldDkU&feature=uploademail

Coach30 caught this absolutely fantastic delivery shot last night.. wtg Coach !!

First Treat to Pearl September 29th

Belle arrives at 6:56, Pearl arrives at 6:59 September 29th

Our birthday Video tribute from Owlfinn!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbNtrBS6Nxs&feature=channel_video_title

Our birthday cake, thank you Coulee and everyone in Chat !

Birthday greetings from Tresbien<3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30690443@N06/6196889002/in/photostream

TweetKathleens Birthday video!
http://www.youtube.com/user/TweetKathleen#p/u/0/HsBKHO3Y0DM

Birthday video from TweetKathleen!

Thank you everyone from LvOwls and Angowleyez !! <3 !

new image from EmmieJan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emmie-jan/6197321279/in/photostream

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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