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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Roy and Dale are back! : ) (Two day update)

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Roy and Dale by OCG

Roy arrived around 6:20 this morning but didn't stay long in the box. Nice screenie by natowlover !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68056695@N06/6553566947/in/photostream

And they are back! http://www.flickr.com/photos/30690443@N06/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkowen55/6554060023/

Thank you Tresbien!

Happy Holidays everyone!
I captured the early morning stopover ! Here is the link! They seemed to be thinking about whether to stay or go! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmB_4-58gXU
Thank you Owlbert!

Dec 20th, 21st to 22nd
Roy flew in at 5:44pm and Dale right after him on post
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53907939@N08/
What an exciting evening !..at 10:18 est and beyond, Dale was still in the box
Thank you Sher67!

It's 12:35 am PDT and Dale just flew off for the second time. 1 one for 20 minutes (after over 6 hours of being in the Hideout). Came in for a quick kiss. Roy's been imitating an owl statue for most of the evening and he's still on the porch perch.
Here are vxn's screenies. http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlvxn/sets/72157628519075291/
and my 1st video recording of the night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXFosixCX7o

Thank you TweetKathleen!

December 21st :
Post subject: Tuesday Night Visit From Roy and Dale--12-20-11
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Roy and Dale Visted tonight for a Short Visit...Roy Came a Calling into the Box Singing and Dancing a Bit...I think Roy needs a Few More Lessons though Bless his Heart...Dale was outside the Whole time. Here are Screen Caps From Vxn.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlvxn/sets/72157628506122435/with/6546807727/

Also Here is a Wonderful Video from Tweet...Thank You Tweetkathleen!. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW5Vgxb6HT8

Oh Thank You Also Mystery Cam Operator as Well.. (thats me angowl!)
KSBORN
Thank you KS!
2.am - Hundon and LVOwls were there, and of course great excitement because Dale was with Roy and the hideout.
OCG, natowllover and litlvxn all have great pics of the happy event, including bonding http://www.flickr.com/photos/owlcamguy/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlvxn/sets/72157628506122435/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/68056695@N06/
Great so see some other chatters as well
Pics from Hundon, thank you Hundon!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54060665@N03/

Thanks hundon!

Yes, what an exciting night! Dale finally came out of the box. There was a little kissy-facing with Roy in the doorway before she joined him on the porch. Dale left the porch to the perches and then back to the porch. Roy went inside the box to sleep and then Dale left at 3:43. Roy woke up and then left around 4:01. Roy did a lot of sleeping last night, perhaps still hunting with and observing Pearl?
Here are some more pics :
Geeklady's pics - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrdrake001/?saved=1
LadyLaura's pics - http://owlshotz.justforum.net/t179-roy-and-dale
So happy to see our beautiful couple, Roy and Dale, what a gift for us all!
Thank you LvOwls!

Publishers note.. It will be a bit before I have video and other software loaded.. sorry for the delay in updates!

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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