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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

1/4 to 1/5..more nesting, soothing froggy tones of love and impending babies...

21:23 Roy flies off
21:44 Roy returns
21:51 Roy flies off
21:55 Dale returns
22:36 Roy returns to Hideout, bonding takes place
23:05 More bonding....
23:18 Roy enjoys the lower perch area after spending time on porch
23:27 Roy flies off
23:50 Dale flies off
00:06 Roy and Dale both land on HP, Dale goes inside Hideout
00:11 Roy flies off from HP
00:20 Dale flies off
01:43 Owl lands on porch, then flies into tree

http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlvxn/sets/72157628726903651/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68056695@N06/6640234133/in/photostream (natowllover's pic of 01:43 owl)
Thank you Dodgergirl!

2.46: Roy and Dale were both there; they had returned at 2.35 and there had been a third owl fly by around 2.43.
2.47 Roy went to the porch and Dale went to the doorway and they stayed like that until 4.08 am (thought my screen had frozen!)
Bonding at 4.08 then Roy left at 4.17. Returned and bonding again at 4.37.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54060665@N03/sets/72157628713110447/

Thank you Hundon!

It was uneventful in the Hideout this morning with Roy & Dale mostly sleeping. Owlbert just posted her video of Roy chasing the third owl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMBeCg6bNn0&context=C30c112aADOEgsToPDskKst1KhOM5k9VCIKnMQpSQD TY owlbert!
Barbara Allen aka barlycorn passes along goodwishes to everyone. She was glad to see Roy & Dale there and will be watching with her class moving ahead. Barbara was the "voice" of the Molly and McGee experience with several beautiful songs which enhanced our viewing experience on a daily basis! Please visit this site to download Barlycorn's music:
http://mollytheowlbooks.com/store/barleycorn-special-album.html
　

Please join our Eggcellent Contest by posting your chat name and date/time you think Dale will lay Egg #1. Thanks so much to LvOwls for keeping track of the guesses. Thank you hundon and Tresbien for reintroducing the idea and coordination efforts.
Chatters : Please pm your egg guess day and time to any available MOD. Moderators, please coordinate your answers into a summary for LvOwls. !
Everyone gets only one guess, except for OCG who gets as many as he wishes!Bragging rights and perhaps a photoshopped pic of the winning Queen or King.. or Owl hat!

Please enjoy this puzzle from our Chatter Deb5054!
http://www.jigidi.com/puzzle.php?id=9GOCEMB1
Roy and Dale, Together Again.. Thanks Deb !;;;

Owl Cookies by Coulee and Lone

Time to Cook Online Owl Biscuits (Thank you Hundon)!
http://timetocookonline.com/2011/10/30/halloween-hoot-owl-biscuits/http://www.flickr.com/photos/coulee/sets/72157628542491011/
Please let the reverly continue with our hOWLiday cookie platter server throughout January to celebrate the 2nd clutch:

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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