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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

12/27 to 12/28 Porch bonding, kissies, huggies.. oh my

Roy contemplates Whitestick

4:00 am.. This just in.. Seasick Steve (tm Hundon) put on prOWLbation as Cam Operator!
Please do not blame OCG as he was busy slumbering...
Wanted:Cam Operator who has a steady internet connect and a loopy hard drive.. Please apply at Owl Channel.com att: sTEDeNow!

2 am until 4.45am : Dale and Roy stayed in the box, there was much preening and chittering. Dale went outside checking at one point and then we had a third owl outside at 3.50. They both left at about 4.36.
Hundon's Pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54060665@N03/

"My face needs your kisses" Screenshot by Hundon

21:51 Dale returns to Hideout, on roof
22:16 Dale leaves Hideout
23:42 Dale returns to Hideout, on perch
23:48 Roy returns to Hideout, on porch
23:57 Bonding outside, on porch
23:58 Roy leaves Hideout
00:05 Roy returns to Hideout, on perch
00:09 Roy leaves Hideout
00:48 Dale leaves Hideout
01:15 Roy returns to Hideout, goes inisde
02:12 Dale returns to Hideout, joins Roy inside http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlvxn/sets/72157628597512291/ <>
Thank you DodgerGirl!

Roy and Dale flew to the HP briefly at 4:49 and were off again before any of us could get a screencap. Roy returned and went straight into the box at 5:26 where it looks like he'll remain for the day.

Natowlloverhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/68056695@N06/with/6548084673/

Tresbien's pic with 3rd owl likely pEarl http://www.flickr.com/photos/30690443@N06/6587317035/in/photostream

TwoOwlWings pic with 3rd owl http://www.flickr.com/photos/56319610@N04/6587319505/in/photostream

LadyLaura http://s878.photobucket.com/albums/ab347/lgayle1955/other%20sites%20israel%20and%20more/?action=view&current=Posepleasedale.png

Owlfinn's videos:

Third Owl Encounter: http://youtu.be/6GznzGJl5w0

Roy and Dale on the Porch: http://youtu.be/NF-iA0GWxyw

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