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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

10/17 to 10/18- Male Owl believed to have been Roy did a box inspection at 1:02 am!

No visit from Belle. 1:00 am: possible visit from male owl (pEarl, another, but we believe it was Roy)
No treats delivered onscreen.
Flyabouts/Activity:
18:58 "deet deet deet" by adult owl, heard only
23:49 Flyby
23:51 Owl alert call heard nearby
23:52 "deet deet deet" by adult owl, heard only
00:59 Male landed on porch, did quick inspection of Hideout's interior, and then went to end of porch to clean talons
01:02 Male took off towards the direction of the lookout
(male had the sleek, mature body of an adult and was believed to have Roy, though could have been Pearl or even another male suitor checking out available properties.) Acted more like Roy than Pearl, too. My gut says Roy.- DodgerGirl
Thank you Dodgers and BugGirl, .. Thank you Dodgers for waiting up all night again.. for an appearance.. I missed it by "this" much (two minutes !)

October 18th: Empty Nest Syndrome, by Tresbien

From the previous night: Possible last sighting of Belle and pEarl on camera/
This may be the last visit we see on Camera, from Oct 17th, in Owlfin's video below, since the babies did not return last night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eqg6aHF3y0&feature=uploademail
Oct 17, 2011

Belle arrived at 3:23 AM! She sat on the porch and did one pantry check! From 4:09 to 5:38 AM Belle went from the porch, to the Hitching Post, to the roof! Did Pearl take her place? At about 1:55 in the video it looks like maybe Pearl joined Belle and then Belle flew off and Pearl stayed! There was an owl on roof until 5:38:50! Video edited to shorten - watch the timer. Watch very closely to see the owl fly off! Darkness took over and it was difficult to see!

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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