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Thursday, February 9, 2012

2/8 to 2/9 Bunny #44 delivered early, a gopher later on, and one more day closer to Hatch: )

2012 Clutch 2 theme: HEROES !
Overnight News:
Two treats: Bunny and gopher

6:14 Dale went for a short flyabout
7:37 Roy came in with a large rabbit
Dale ate part and stored part in the pantry and then snacked a bit later on in the evening

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coulee/sets/72157628845913893/

11:30 pm Dale consumed the remainder of the rabbit. After finishing the rabbit, it was clear she was uncomfortable. The legs were still in her throat and she kept opening her beak to try to release them. That didn't happen and after a few uncomfortable moments for Dale (and us), she finally settled down and laid on her eggs!

Thank you Coulee and LvOwls!

litlvxn's pics - http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlvxn/sets/72157629241062115/

Vixn's Slideshow Feb 8 to Feb 9th

Rabbit delivery and bonding and Roy visit and bonding.
One is short version of delivery and one is longer version with Dale eating part of the rabbit.

Long version of delivery: http://youtu.be/ZQJxski4xWA
Short version of rabbit delivery: http://youtu.be/AN-Uouc44Aw
Roy's Midnight Visit: http://youtu.be/s4_nE5YwhmE

Roy delivers a treat: http://youtu.be/fRKxKt8lojg
Thank you OwlbertFinn!

Roy in flight after 4 am delivery, excerpt from Owlbertfinn's video below, beautiful !

News from Poway, CA: Ricky and Lucy

Feb 8 2012 4:19AM Ricky & Lucy on the Porch!
Bonding! Ricky flies off and Lucy goes inside for a bit!
http://youtu.be/q9Z9QtY-Rw4
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lucy-the-owl

TwoOwlWings (TwoClubs) Cupcake Tree WOW

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