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Monday, October 24, 2011

10/23 to 10/24-Today is a Milestone Birthday for our Belle! -- She is 100 days old today and Pearl is 96!

Today is a Milestone Birthday for our Belle! -- She is 100 days old today and Pearl is 96!

Last nights Videos from Owlfinn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhwdmmJvioM&feature=uploademail
Owl preening in tree around 8:30 pm

This Owl (is it Pearl.. who is it) was sitting on the branch for hours.. approached the Hideout in the video above for just a minute, and then back to the branch..LvOwls points out the V on the wing...

Screenshot by LoneStar

Coach30 took incredible pics last night.. Notice the male and female.. is it Roy and Dale, or Belle and Pearl

Coach30's slideshow

http://picasaweb.google.com/115110385377861226679/TheHideoutContinued#slideshow/5667058182831571458

DebbieMango's Photostream:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49300434@N08/

Flyabouts/Activity:
Unk time flyby
18:59 Owl arrives in tree, back to us, preens and rests for several hours
19:22 Owl calls out "deet deet deet"
23:17 Owl moves to another area of the tree, closer to the Hideout and its perch, facing us
23:24 Owl moves back to tree, much further left, behind leaves
00:31 Owl in same position in the tree

Male went inside the box when female approached, then to the tree then back further, while female stayed a while on the perch off the porch. Then she went into the tree and he came back to inside the tree then they took off together. Then Lone reappeared wondering who this female was and we noticed some white on her chest along with rufousDebate continued for over 5 hours over the identity of said owlet at the Hideout :)

Here are some photo contributions:

DodgerGirl's photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63776925@N02/6275385457/in/set-72157627965303830

Tresbien's photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30690443@N06/

Thank you DodgerGirl!

VioletMoons photostream from last night:

http://s1091.photobucket.com/albums/i381/violetmoon6/?action=view&current=RD102411ama.jpg

The Question continues... who was it?

This in from LvOwls:

Look at the lastest video on the blog (above)..stop the video at 0:17
then look at Love Shack Video and stop the video at 1:15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMZt9kNHPNM

Notice the light colored V on wing -Be sure to look at them Full Screen!

and this pic from coach -- notice the V on wing - http://picasaweb.google.com/115110385377861226679/TheHideoutContinued#5666946963221291858

****now also noticed the little triangles under the V -- do you see those on both the love shack video and coaches pic?****

The Visitors

Midges-Mom thought their legs were real thick.

Tresbien couldn't decide what pictures to pick.

It brought all the chatters to the verge of hysteria

To see visiting owls in The Hideout area.

Someone was sure that one is a boy;

One thing is certain -- none is our Roy.

There was some discussion that one was more light.

But all chatters agreed they were a real treat tonight.

Some of the Mods felt more than surprise

As thoughts of new clutches flew past their eyes.

Those feelings were kin to disconsolation,

As they pondered they might never get a vacation.

But even though winter will soon follow fall,

The Mods know they'll have to stay on the ball.

For chat rooms and owls are now their delight

And they'll continue to guide chatters night after night.

-- FloridaSkye

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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