MISC. GHO ~ 2014-2015

loza · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:10 pm

03/08

03/10

info chat http://www.internationalowlcenter.org/o ... s/livecams

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:17 pm

Many thanks loza-for all your wonderful posts here and other threads.!!

Found this on the blog link ~ >>wow...
Written by Karla Bloem
Monday, 10 March 2014 09:53

I updated the website a while back and intended to do a live chat session specifically about the topic of the 2014 owlets, but time slipped away from me as I was working on the International Festival of Owls plans and I just plain needed some down time.

The 2014 owlets will be raised different from how Pandora, Patrick, and Patience were reared last year. This year's owlets will be hand-reared to compare their vocal development with wild parent-reared owlets (the 3 P's) to see if it is the same or different. It will also allow me to test theories about the meaning of vocalizations by testing the owlets' repsonse to recorded vocalizations.

I will remove the owlets from the aviaries when they are 2-3 weeks old. They will be reared together in the house, coming to work with me at the Houston Nature Center during the daytime. I will be working on another more portable cam setup so they can be streamed live from home and work (although we may not include audio at work, and will likely only stream them at home after we have gone to bed for privacy reasons.)

Once the owlets are starting to fly they will be moved back into the flight pen so they can be watched on the cams out there again. We will modify the flight pen to lower the ceiling and make their space smaller so that I am able to get them off perches to continue to bring them to work so they can begin their training for their eventual placement as education birds.

Placing the owlets in long-term captive situations as education birds will allow me to track their territorial hoots over their lifetime to see if they stay the same or change. The value is that if their territorial hoots remain constant, and we can show that individual hoots work like fingerprints to identify individual owls, birds may not need to be captured and marked in future research projects, reducing stress on birds and eliminating the problem of failed batteries in transmitters.

I have chosen this rearing method because I believe it will produce the best possible education birds, meaning they will be very comfortable with their role in life, and they will be easy for handlers to work with. They should imprint on each other rather than humans, so they should be less likely to be aggressive with their handlers than human imprinted birds. They will be well socialized with humans so they are not stressed being in front of crowds.

Rusty and Iris will certainly not be happy about their owlets being removed, just as they were upset when I removed their unhatched eggs two years ago. There is a small chance they may lay another clutch of eggs, but it is likely a little too late in the season for that.

What we find out from these owlets this year will help determine the best course of action for future data collection in this breeding project and determine how future owlets are reared.

Link to Karla's bog....

http://www.internationalowlcenter.org/b ... lanfor2014

Matrix · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:26 pm

Thank You Beth!!

loza · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:40 pm

Dinner

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Just catching up here..(and btw, Ms Harvey is still incubating her egg~yea)

I read Karla's Blog first before seeing your post here, Beth....I have very mixed feelings about what her plans are for the babies..Such a shame there aren't 3..then maybe she could leave one with Rusty and Iris. I wonder if they will recognize them once she returns the owlets to the flight pen.

Priscilla · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:39 pm

Alessondra's OKC Great Horned Owl-Cam

from FB :sham3:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Thanks Priscilla...that reminded me that I never posted this...

loza · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:52 pm

Iris & Rusty

Rusty gymnastics

Iris. Curiosity in the world baby :loveshow:

loza · **Posted:** Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:31 pm

dinner for kids :sham3:

loza · **Posted:** Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:42 am

Rusty with breakfast :sham1:

loza · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:28 pm

Rusty has some lunch :sham2:

Rusty arrived with food for lunch for Iris and Children :sham3:

Beth · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:33 pm

Thanks loza!!

loza · **Posted:** Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:52 pm

Shock.

Little owls are not in the slot and Iris relaxes on a rod
Quote of the chat
": Those are this years 2 owlets!
10:57 redlegsix: Yes but why are they out of the nest?
11:01 greatful2: haha jumped a bit with the cam click
11:01 WyoRanch: This years owlets were not aproved to be released into the wild, so Karla is hand-rearing them to be new educational owls
11:02 WyoRanch: at the top of the page in this site is the black banner is the blog. You can read that and get caught up on everything redleg
11:02 redlegsix: OH I had no idea!!! Why were they not approved to be released into the wild???
11:02 WyoRanch: GHO's are no longer considered endangered?"

Video

A pair of Iris and Rusty are already working on a new offspring

loza · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:17 pm

Great Horned Owls - Iris & Rusty.

Relation of Children prohibits Rusty & Iris

http://www.internationalowlcenter.org/b ... letsinside

kiss :loveshow:

Owls working on a pallet and the other hid under the fur

A pair of Rusty & Iris works very over the new offspring :sham3:

Matrix · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:25 pm

What a stark contrat between the two facilities... I take it Ms Harvey's egg didn't hatch?

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Matrix wrote:

What a stark contrat between the two facilities... I take it Ms Harvey's egg didn't hatch?

Not yet. Today is day 31 of incubation. I still have my fingers crossed. According to Cornell (I had to look this up) incubation is 30-37 days.

Matrix · **Posted:** Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:43 am

skygirlblue wrote:

Matrix wrote:

What a stark contrat between the two facilities... I take it Ms Harvey's egg didn't hatch?

Not yet. Today is day 31 of incubation. I still have my fingers crossed. According to Cornell (I had to look this up) incubation is 30-37 days.

That Is Good News! Thank You!!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

RE: MS Harvey..

Some very, very sad news to report. Today, at approximately 4:16 pm nest time, Ms Harvey picked up the egg and left the nest. It was Day 32 of incubation. Nobody really knows what happened. apparently there is a vid somewhere, but I can't find it.

Pics are on The Feather Wildlife Rehab/Education Center Facebook page.

There is a slim possibility that Ms Harvey may get a foster. The Feather Wildlife Rehab/Education Center also posted that they will be receiving a baby GHO that was found on the ground in Oshkosh. It will be arriving at the center tonight (it may already be there.)

Ms harvey is still in her box, incubating nothing... :cryinggirl:

Priscilla · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2014 3:43 am

from FB Alessondra's OKC Great Horned Owl Cam

Bengal has fledged, and is safe and sound! One down, two to go! Watch for Saber & Amur's fledge, live, at ustream.tv/OKCOwlCam
:loveheart:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

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