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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Waiting for Eggie #4 today.. 1 bunny (thats #25 by the way), 2 mousies overnight

Special Note: Some links are not working correctly for some viewers at this time. I apologize and I'm working on resolving the issue! : ) <3

January 24th 8:27 pm
Early evening mousie snack.. photo excerpted from Tweet'sVideo
Please click on pic for Video and visit TweetKathleen's channel!

5:53 pm Roy Arrived and Bonded with Dale
5:54 pm Roy flew to Lookout
5:59 pm Dale flyabout and returns immediately
6:03 pm Roy flies to tree and transforms into Peeper Owl :o
Sher67's picture of Roy peeping:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53907939@N08/6757995661/in/photostream)
8:27pm Roy Delivered a Mouse and bonded, Dale down the hatched it in 2 gulps. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9El3k2zFtc)
The mouse was dubbed "Dumbo" huge ears. (tm coulee )
10:20 pm or Roy cam in to bond.
11:30 Dale flyabout
11:31 Dale returned
11:31 Roy on roof down to porch, Dale waited and
11:32 pm Roy flew off

12:30 am Roy returned delivering an enormous Cottontail, bonded and stayed on the porch to watch Dale finish it off. (Roy had to have eaten the top portion)

Here's the video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiLl6M49yps

At 1:25 am Roy is on the porch peering in.

My screenies for the evening
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tweetkathleen/

Looking forward to another egg tomorrow!
　
Thank you TweetKathleen and Couleedam

Roy delivered 2.23am - but not a bunny!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54060665@N03/
Thank you Hundon!
1.26 til 3.66 am:

1.37 Roy flew off
2:08 to 2:10 am Dale brief flyabout
2:24 Roy returned with a mouse bonded and flew off

Thank you NatOwl!　

Screenshot from Owlbert's video..
please click on pic for video and to view all of Owlbert's wonderful videos

Early morning mouse delivery:
http://youtu.be/HOAD7UVouAA

Thank you Owlbert!

Here are Lone's screenies of the mouse delivery:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coulee/sets/72157628845913893/?forumid=602621
Starr Ranch Sanctuary Update:Please read this important update/ statement from Pete at Starr Ranch .. sometimes there is a a bigger picture that is hard to see.. : ( We offer our support and thanks to Pete for all of his efforts at Starr Ranch and our prayers and support for Momma and her owlets..
http://www.starrranch.org/blog/barn-owl?forumid=602621

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