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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

12/26 to 12/27 Overnight Report

Roy flew in at 5:38 pm and went right into the box and napped.

He went onto the porch for a short time and called and flew off at 6:51pm
Thank you Sher67!

22:09 Roy returned to Hideout, appears to enter an immediate food coma
23:14 Roy goes onto porch
23:20 Roy starts singing for Dale, with a possible off-cam flyby from his
head movement
00:18 No response from Dale, Roy goes back into the Hideout
02:01 Roy flies off from Hideout after being on the porch for a few minutes http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlvxn/sets/72157628586925291/

Thank you DodgerGirl!

2:00 am to 3:15 am.. no calls or visits per Hundon!

5:08 am Roy returned and spent the day in the box!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30690443@N06/6581221097/in/photostream

Thank you Tresbien!

Dec 26 2011 5:38PM to 6:51PM Roy Stops In The Hideout.

Roy flew in at 5:38, went inside and promptly fell asleep. He goes to the door around 6:38 and looks around for Dale. At 6:51, he flies off after looking around on the porch for a short time.
http://youtu.be/NI_ikSMxcYs
Thank you OwlFinn~

Roy and Dale Kissy Face Christmas, by Owlfinn

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An update from The Potted Plant Owl blog:

From us all in 'Pot Plant Owl' land, I'd like to wish you all a very Blessed Festive Season and Happy Holidays. Our owl family have been very active in the immediate area, over the past few days. We've seen both chicks hissing and bopping their heads - Timka, of course, is the loudest. It's a wonderful Christmas gift to see how healthy they are, and to know they are doing well.Merry Christmas everyone! Tracy and Allen

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