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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Guess who is back?! 3rd Clutch begins, mark May 20th as the start On Camera date

Early evening had DebbieMango and coulee holding down the fort as usual, but no owl sightings. Two parties on either side of OCGs home deterred owl activity. No activity for Hundon either but then!

Roy and Dale Reunited in the box last evening around 3 am. We are having a double clutch! Pics from NatOwl:

Slideshow from NatOwl from Roy and Dale last evening.

Dale also shooed little Dee away.. hey, it is what a Mamma has to do!

NatOwl's Slideshow

2:40am- First owl seen all night! Roy

- Roy inside before Dale entered -

Roy deeted and almost danced then Dale entered to some loving -

Roy flew to the LO, then Sher caught Dale as she flew off -

Beautiful Dale by Sher
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Then Dale returned alone and went inside. Soon after Dee returned and Dale fought her off

Thank you all Moderators and chatters, ty Tresbien, Two and LvOwls for the first R & D C3 sitings!

I am also adding a verse to a previous post from Indoorables outstanding Hideout Owlifornia, complete song to be posted laster ! The first verse was left out.

We apologize if anyone was offended by the Plastique People in the box and assure you it won't happen again. They have been evicted for good.

Mega Owl sends Mr. and Mrs P and dog and cats to Band Camp, never to return

<3 Angowleyez

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