10/12 to 10/13 Belle returned briefly (treat delivered) and Pearl returned this morning briefly.. Our babies have all but fledged.. will anyone return tonight?
18:45 Pearl arrived at and immediately left the hitching post
couleedam's photo of Pearl's visit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coulee/6239540770/in/photostream
Thank you Coulee and DodgerGirl!
Pearl made another appearance at 12:34 am! Just a short 2 second checkup to make sure the Hideout was still there. **Thank you LvOwls!: )
Belle arrived at 2.36!
No owls when I signed in, and it was a bittersweet birthday present, I didn't think we were going to see/hear anything. Then we heard calling and shortly after that Belle landed on the porch.
2:59 am Even more of a treat - there was a delivery to Belle - very fast.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54060665@N03/
Thank you Hundon!
Pearl pays a quick morning visit on HP, departs at 6:12 am
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October 13
Belle gets a treat 23 minutes later ! Screenshot by Coach30 |
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October 13th Owl Visit by VioletMoon
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| Pearl Hart by EmmieJan |
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Belle returns! Long time no see sweetie!
(She's been gone since Tuesday 12:46 am)
Screenshot by Coach30
Happy Birthday KSBORN !
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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
Roy and Dales Eggs Clutch 2
Egg #1 1/19 7:15 am
Egg #2 1/21 8:13 am
Egg #3 1/23 9:33 am
Egg #4 1/25 1:22 pm
Banner Info
http://www.cafepress.com/theowltlaws.581308640 2012 Calendar Belle Starr 7/15, 10:23 am. Pearl 7/20, 3:53 am. Boone 7/24, 10:11am Wyatt 7/25 6:35 pm, Zee 7/28 1:10 pm (eggs 2 & 4 non viable) Wyatt passed 8/3, 11:15 pm. Zee 8/4, Boone 9/2
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