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Friday, September 30, 2011

9/30 to 10/1- Two on camera: Huge Norway Rat to Pearl, Vole to Belle- Roy and Dale are calling and luring away from the box

Overnight Report from DodgerGirl
21:08   Massive Norway rat to Pearl from unknown parent (taken in box, taken to tree, Pearl flew away with it to eat it)
02:39   Nice sized vole to Belle from unknown parent (taken to tree, eaten in box)

Flyabouts/Activity:

18:58 Pearl returns to the Hideout
18:59 Belle returns to the Hideout
19:02 Belle off
19:04 Pearl off
19:07 Belle returns
19:18 Pearl returns
21:15 Pearl flies off from tree with her Norway Rat
22:12 Pearl returns
22:29 Parent calls out, Belle flies off
22:30 Pearl off
22:33 Pearl returns
22:36 Belle returns
22:48 Flyby
23:04 Pearl off
23:43 Pearl returns
23:59 Pearl and Belle off
00:05 Belle returns
00:07 Pearl returns
00:08 Parent calls out, Belle flies off
00:11 Belle returns
00:12 Pearl and Belle off
00:26 Belle returns
(as of 01:45 hours Pearl still off-screen, possibly still on flyabout)
02:08 Belle enters box and does 180 degree turn and immediately leaves

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.

Thanks for the photo/video contributions:
couleedam's photostream   http://www.flickr.com/photos/coulee/
OCG's photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/owlcamguy/

September 30th Pearl takes Norway Rat to tree by Couleedam

September 30th: Norway Rat, later brought to the tree by Pearl by OCG

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