Episode 1: Days of Owl Lives:
Roy bursts into the box with sweat on his brow, with a rodent in one talon and an envelope in the other. He says, "I have good news and I have bad news kids. The good news is the DNA tests are in and I was wrong. You are not some prehistoric
pterodactyls. You really ARE owls. My mistake. Now for the bad news.
Mr. Gopher, the medical report states that you are not going to live."
Episode 2: Days of Owl Lives:
Dale sits on the hitching post, looking pensive, staring into the moonlit sky. She wonders to herself, "I know Roy thinks I'm stunning, with my dark features and my criss-crossed
wingtips, but will the kids look like me?? Will they grow up and look like Roy instead, with his masculine face and his beautiful light feathers, and his handsome straight wingtips?? Or will little Belleraaaa, little Pearlraaaa, and little Booneraaaa look a little like both of us??? Sort of a combo, like a Doy, or a Rale.. "
Episode 3: Days of Owl Lives:
Pearl, as the middle child, secretly plots to be the silent warrior within the clutch. She knows that everyone expects her to sit there and look cute, patiently being sat on
by Belle and nuzzled by Boone. All she wants is her corner. Is that too much to ask?? She thinks not! So tonight is the night. She’ll sit back and do her “cutesy, calm, wait patiently for the prey” routine, then Shazammm, she will pounce out of the pile. She will use her fierce toddler beak to snatch the vole right out of the grasp of Belle and that
little Boone kid she sometimes adores. It’s hers, yes hers, and off to the corner she sprints (okay waddles). Get out of her way, for she is the mighty Pearl, a force to be reconned with. Off with its head!! As she says her owlet blessing: “Past the beak, past the air tube, look out stomach, here’s something new”.
Episode 5: Days of Owl Lives:
Roy kisses Dale on the beak before leaving the palm tree. He circles
the sky, his eyes fixed on the hillside below. He knows it’s going to
be another night of high expectations. His three beautiful children
wait for him to deliver dinner and late-night snacks. He knows he can
do it, but the pressure is mounting. Oh, there’s a nice fat vole. Dang
it, how did he find that rock so fast!! Roy continues to soar… He spots
a gopher in the distance. His sonar zones in. There’s no escaping
capture now. Roy lowers his landing gear, his mighty talons
outstretched. With no time to waste, he silently makes his final
approach, snatching the gopher from the earth below. The gopher never
stood a chance, not with the mighty Roy on his tail (literally). To the
box!! Roy swoops in and places the gopher in his daughter Pearl’s beak,
much to the loud dismay of Boone and Belle. Roy repeats this routine
for the rest of the evening. On the 4th return, he was mobbed so badly
he had no idea who grabbed the treasured vole. It wasn’t until his paid
informant, Mothra, later glided by him that he learned it was his
beloved son, Boone, who had reaped the benefits of his master hunting
skills. Roy takes off back into the moonlit sky, alway searching,
always hunting, always being a dad…
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March 28th Dee Clark and Ellie 2012
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
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


March 12th Dale and Ellie 2012

Three Little Heroes Beak Festing by TwoOwlWingz 2/27/12
CouleeDam and LoneStar's Second Clutch Pics
Feb 25th Meet Our Hero Family by Hundon

Feb 25th Meet Our Hero Family by Hundon
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Feb 23rd 9:30 am Clark and Ellie

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Roy and Dales Eggs Clutch 2
Egg #1 1/19 7:15 am
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Pearl, Belle and Boone

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