Looking for the Owl Channel Blog? Click below please for the new location !: 10/9 to 10/10-Three treats on cam (including a bird), possible 4th treat at 2:44 to Belle on cam. Parents screeching multiple times luring the kidz to hunt !

Monday, October 10, 2011

10/9 to 10/10-Three treats on cam (including a bird), possible 4th treat at 2:44 to Belle on cam. Parents screeching multiple times luring the kidz to hunt !

October 9th: 2:44 am
Roy Delivers a treat, Belle and Roy go down.. Belle did not return for the night

Belle is 86 days, Pearl is 82 days today ! Belle last seen at 2:44 am when she possibly received a treat, and pEarl left at 6:19 this morning.. How much longer will the Kidz stay home?!

Oct 8th Pearl shows us the treat (looks like a bird) screenshot by Couleedam

Parent and Pearl tumbling down... Pearl tried to fly to parent and knocked each other off the roof. No treat at this time. (Belle on the porch watching and taking notes.)by Coach30

Pearl's Necklace, by Hundon: )

Belle and Pearl both arrive at 6:48 pm !
Overnight Report

Flyabouts/Activity

Belle off @ 6:55 - Back @ 7:55

Pearl off @ 729 & Back at 734

Pearl off again at 8:49 and back at 9: 45pm

Treats
9:07 Dale with rat to Belle (eaten on porch)
Pic by tresbien: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30690443@N06/6228717317/in/photostream

9:54 Roy with bird to Pearl (eaten in box)

Pic by me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coulee/6228873915/in/photostream

Thank you Couleedam!

2:44 am - Both Pearl and Belle were squawking on the porch. Parent flew in from the right and both Belle and parent (Roy?) fell from the porch to the ground. Happened too quickly to tell if there was a treat, but probably was because Belle has not returned
3:47 Pearl went on a flyabout . Screeching could be heard in the background which sounded like a parent. Pearl quickly returned to HP at 3:39 continued squawking
Thank you LvOwls!

4:28 Stretchy gopher to Pearl (consumed in box)

6:18 Pearl departs for the Day

Coach30's Overnight Treat Pics
http://picasaweb.google.com/115110385377861226679/BonnieAndClyde2011#

NatOwlLover shows us her beautiful Owl Necklace...

Weekly Comparison By EmmieJan 10/8/11

PottedPlant Owl and Zbabbies

http://owltlaws.blogspot.com/p/ppo.html

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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