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Monday, January 9, 2012

1/8 to 1/9 2012

Pearl joined the Magic Reading Room
Screenshot by Hundon

Ms. Cromer and 3rd graders from The Magic Reading Room are stopping in to see Roy and Dale and say Hi to all of you!- *(from chatter Snorkling) Welcome Magic Reading Room!One bunny and one mouse delivered..

18:50 Roy flies off (approx)
19:50 Roy returns (approx)
20:32 Mystery Owl (MO) on roof, Roy gives chase and returns
22:05 Flyby, Roy takes off
22:07 Dale flies off
22:10 Dale returns
22:11 Roy returns, delivers a mouse to Dale
22:14 Roy flies off
23:13 Roy returns
23:19 Roy flies off
23:57 Roy returns
00:41 Roy flies off
00:45 Dale flies off
00:48 Dale returns
01:42 Roy lands on HP
01:49 Roy flies off HP
02:30 Roy arrives, delivers big bunny to Dale (ate the head himself)
02:31 Roy flies off
02:41 Roy flies quickly back to Hideout, possibly to protect from 3rd owl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlvxn/sets/72157628789425941/

Thank you DodgerGirl!
Thanks for the videos owlbert <3

Roy delivers a bunnyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKxpjLUvTLE&context=C3b3da92ADOEgsToPDskLfLNiRkCP7OJ-UNnzuGGFH

Dale eats the bunny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6oqhHoWSGA&context=C30c112aADOEgsToPDskKst1KhOM5k9VCIKnMQpSQD

A very Eggnant Dale January 8th 7:00 pm

"Roy Delivers a Rabbit" by Owlbert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKxpjLUvTLE&feature=uploademail

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