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Sunday, April 29, 2012

We didn't start the Fire !

Following is a tribute from Indoorable!

This is a tribute to OCG, the Mods and some of the Peeps we have had the pleasure to chat with.

This one is by Billy Jowl called "We Didn’t Build the Owlbox"

to the tune of (We didn’t start the fire)

Kathygoog, Pamday, LacyRoze, Rickieray, Angowleyez, Cowliflower, DebbieMango,

GeekLady, Litlvxn, Gardenmaker, Owlfinn-vision, North of Chula, South of Chula, Owls will come and go,

Snugglesdad, EmmieJan, Tresbien, Couleedam, LvOwls, FloridaSkye, and "The Evil Scroll Bar Guy",

DKowen, Chat screen, Mod’s got a TweetKathleen, Coach is 30, Hundon1, we’d all love some Turtlepie,

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we’ve all been posting , OCG’s been hosting,

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we must admit it, that we’re glad he did it,

MinasParrot, VioletMoon, NatOwlLover, Susanhu, LisaLassie getting sassy, Chocolate Block,

TheOwlWatch, DizzyT’s Whitedog, Ketaki, LoneStar , KSBORN, "Horkapile Rock",

JoyM, CCowls, Chat welcomes ShortEaredOwls, Magiclantern, Noralee, We know Irishcats is three,

Twoclubs, TwoOwlWingz, Clark flew, Monkie2, Bruce in Heaven, Hollys_here, Don’t forget Sher67.

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we’ve all been posting , OCG’s been hosting,

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we must admit it, that we’re glad he did it,

CuteLibby, Kargerace, Hawksarecute, elsas_place, Elfowl, Gdae mate, "Kate is from the Garden State",

Supergleek, Picasso2, California horkstew, Paused chat, makes us wait, Midges-mom and Chef are great,

LoriKelly, Housewren, Harris_Hawker back again, Emergiblog, PammyO, Sara’s in Chicago,

Linda4, Earlady, Keekers is a 23, MooleyJones and PennyGirl, Barnies on the Owl Show,

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we’ve all been posting , OCG’s been hosting,

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we must admit it, that we’re glad he did it,

NuttyLisa, Rahrah, Lilginny, Kestra, Lindi, Casey, Datenwolf and Wolphie,

Gardenmaker, Nepagg "Horkin in the gag shag" KountryKlutz, Legacy, Kitten’sCuriosity,

Orphan, Owliphant, Want to pet the Owls but can’t, IMK everyday, what else do I have to say?

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we’ve all been posting , OCG’s been hosting,

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we must admit it, that we’re glad he did it,

Songbird, BugGirl, Snorkling with Bmitchel, Scottons, Hootie, Squeegle, and Phlebldy,

Amb, Deb, Carymom, No clappy thing emoticon, Jud, Jude, MaryBeth, KcDenver, Macawsmum,

Cfairban is number 1, Iguana’s 1951, CindyLou Momma too, Can’t find much more I can do,

Masie, Pwoh, Mbfans, All the other Parlor fans, Whoo knows what they have in store, I can’t do this anymore.

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we’ve all been posting , OCG’s been hosting,

We didn’t build the Owlbox, but we must admit it, that we’re glad he did it,

But when we all are gone, They will still fly on, and on, and on, and on,

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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