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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

3/19 to 3/20 4 gophers and a mouse, one regift to Roy !

The Owl Channel's Deets and Treats Report: 4 Gopher’s & 1 mousie for Dale and the Songbirds. Roy removed 1 big gopher for himself.

Illustrated pics from Coulee and Lone: from Coulee and LoneStar

Roy picks up breakfast, ty GeekLady

Angowleyez's Photostream:

We have named the nonviable egg Shelborne, Shelly for short ;)

Sher67's overnight Songbird Blueteam Scoop:
How old are the Songbirds today? Skylark is 10, Starling is 6, Sparrow is 4 and Chickadee is 2 days old.

7:27 Dale went on a flyabout. quick
7:51 Roy brought a gopher and left at 7:52
8:11 Roy brought a heavy gopher and left at 8:13
8:59 Roy brought a mouse and left at 9:05
10:04 Dale went on a flyabout

MidgesMom http://www.flickr.com/photos/87192706@N03/

DebbieMango slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/debbiemango/sets/72157633041461678/show/

VIDEOS

Dale's flyabout http://youtu.be/ESQgXh2r36c

First gopher http://youtu.be/ZYVThJ9jZpg

Second gopher http://youtu.be/d7W0eh3gqPM

A mouse http://youtu.be/IboVhbLNmlw

　

At 11:45 MO (Mystery Owl) was in the tree above the hideout & left @ 11:54pm

Roy arrived with Treat #4 a large gopher # 12:30pm and he flew off at 12:37pm

Skylark is grabbing bites on her own now and was up and almost walking tonight

Per Lonestar: around 2 am there was more Mystery Owl activity-- lurkers reported that MO was "around" and Dale went out and chased it away.

Also, along with this, Dale went on an "extended" flyabout -it was her longest since the eggs were laid--

01:53 to 2:04am -- Dale, 11-minute flyabout

Pics by Lone(*) & Coulee http://www.flickr.com/photos/coulee/

Another meal at 4:40 am

Breakfast for the Songbirds
http://youtu.be/l-WTsycxIP8

Sher67's Pics:

Let me put my wing on your shoulder Shelly and keep you warm:

So cute:

Sound asleep:

Dale the kids & Shelly:

One happy Momma:

KathyGoog’s pic

video of the 4 47 am feeding today, ty GeekLady

Morning Snack time (3/20) by GeekLady

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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