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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
9/7 to 9/8 Just the Factz Fling and Fly and Porchabout Report: FOUR (4) treats: Belle-2 (one gopher or vole) Pearl-2 (one little mouse gulped on the left side of porch) In other news, Belle stepped out for the first time at 11:35 for three minutes!
What excitement as we watched both our owlets on the porch together two times last night.. once for three minutes and once for nine.. pEarl encouraged Belle out the door with both loving nips and kissy face ! Videos, pics and more to follow in the next few hours, keep checking back today folks !
Treat Times: 8:36 Roy to Belle 12:04 Dale to Pearl (on Porch) 12:29 Roy to Pearl 12:40 Dale to Belle
Porchabout times: 9:30 to 9:38 Pearl 11:16 to 11:38 Pearl 11:35 Belle steps on the porch for the first time ! 11:38 Belle went back in with Pearl 12:04 Pearl Out again to 12:09
Beautiful owls, free and wise captivating viewers with your eyes We've watched you grow, we've laughed and cried. It's scary we know..on the outside But soon you'll fly, your freedom found On Life's new journey you'll be bound. We'll miss you so, but we will know You will take each one of us wherever you go. ~ Dkowen
September 6th video coverage:
Amazing video coverage of the Pearl/EarlAbout from Tweetkathleen!
What is that little man doing in our box Belle? screenshot by Couleedam
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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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