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Saturday, October 8, 2011

10/7 to 10/8 SIX (6) treats! Belle is 84, Pearl is 80- Both Kidz are officially "Owlz"- With 6 treats on cam.. when will they leave?!

Treats: Thank you DodgerGirl, Hundon and viewing Chatters incl. Lindi and BugGirl!
21:27 Gopher to Belle from Dale (eaten in box)
22:02 Small rat to Belle from unknown parent (eaten in box)

12.36 Treat to Pearl - eaten off cam

1.29 Treat to Belle - flew down with it and then off cam, returned after a few mins

1.45 Treat to Belle - took it in box, but then turned round and flew straight out with it

1.50 Treat to Pearl - mousie, eaten in box.

Flyabouts/Activity:

18:48 Belle returns to the Hideout
18:50 Pearl returns to the Hideout
unknown time Belle off/returns from flyabout
unknown time Pearl off on flyabout
21:15 Pearl returns from flyabout
21:17 Pearl off on flyabout
22:19 Belle does stompabout and pantry check
22:45 Pearl returns from flyabout

12.47 Pearl returned

1.28 Pearl flew off

5:30 am Belle Flies off

Dale did a Pop In at 5:30 am, photo by Lonestar

Dale on the Hitching Post October 8th 5:30 am: screenshot by LoneStar

October 7th Belle's Big Gulp by Tresbien

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54060665@N03/

October 8th: Pearl shows us her treat, by Hundon

OCG's latest video: Riders on the Storm !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKniusbBTCM&feature=uploademail

Strike A Pose.. thank you Coach30!

Dkowen's First Roses of 2011

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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