MISC BARN OWLS~2011

LeeLee · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:54 pm **Posts:** 471

Sorry kittenface, sometimes Im sleepy when I make these posts LOL. Here is a pic showing them and the camera nord. Link below.

http://www.pro-riet.ch/

then clik on the barn owl pic box and it brings you to all 6 cameras!

Bosuil · **Joined:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:27 am **Posts:** 235

Bosuil wrote:

First hatch in the nest in Nir David, Israel - no screen capture yet - too far away, too vague, hardly visible, but there was an egg shell yesterday and I just heard the little one and saw it move for a second! We donot even know how many eggs there are ... Whenever she gets up, she stands between the cam and the nestpit ...

Finally some images from this nest - Mom leaves the chick(s?) and eggs (2?) for a while and 'things start moving' but it is very far away from the cam:

LeeLee · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:54 pm **Posts:** 471

Our beloved WING at the Cornell nestcam in Italy, TX has become a mommie once again at something like 05:45am edt today! We are all so very excited. Kittenface if you did not see under breaking news, go check it out! O happy day!!!! All her viewers are doing the happy dance all day long :yip

Link to cam
http://watch.birds.cornell.edu/nestcams ... ID=C100229

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 10:55 pm

Hey LeeLee
would this be the little cutie your talking about? :flirty:

LeeLee · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:54 pm **Posts:** 471

Yes Kittenface! THANK YOU for posting a video!! Great job! We are all so happpppy for Wing, still doing the happy dance :yip

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue May 24, 2011 12:19 am

That dang wing laid down before I got a picture of the 2 owlets but I'll get it :sunsmile:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63612

Well, I just checked on her...she was standing up but I couldn't see a thing of the babies....she and babies are at the front of the box and that bar on the cam was blocking the view...

I did check on Nicasio...Look at these 3 beauties..

Heligan~I couldn't tell if there had been a hatch..

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kittenface · **Posted:** Wed May 25, 2011 4:25 pm

Well here I go again here is another Barn Owl nest no eggs but sound
http://www.livestream.com/campbellvalle ... um=related

PeSSouZiX · **Posted:** Thu May 26, 2011 11:34 am

the 4 small are big now :sunno:

Bosuil · **Joined:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:27 am **Posts:** 235

Barn Owls Nir David - in the 38 degr. C heat (that's 100 F) of this afternoon down in the Jordan valley (200 m below sea level - low humidity).

There are 4 chicks now. Still not sure how many eggs have been laid in total. The eldest chick is now 12 or 13 days old, the youngest very young, but carefully fed by the female, while the 2 oldest were apparently already well fed. She kept trying and trying and encouraged the 2 smallest ones to eat.

The cam position has been changed, and the image is closer up to the corner where the chicks are. Clip of female feeding the 2 smaller chicks:

Bosuil · **Joined:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:27 am **Posts:** 235

skygirlblue wrote:

Heligan~I couldn't tell if there had been a hatch..

Yes! Hatch at Heligan! Just watched and just saw a tiny chick move under her - but too shortly to make a snapshot.

Bosuil · **Joined:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:27 am **Posts:** 235

Barn Owl Nir David - strange prey item (seems bi-color, mouse like, sort of striped) - female just moved it, it's now in front (for us) of the largest chick, who sits to the right of Mom:

(If anyone is watching - I'd be interested to know what you think it is - stream here:

)

Barn Owl Heligan - still only 1 hatch

LeeLee · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:54 pm **Posts:** 471

Have to post a couple pics of our beloved Wing and her 3 owlets. Number 1 and 2 are close in size, 3 was catching up to number 2 (he is 5 days behind?) as Wing was feeding them all individually. But the last couple days, 1 and 2 have gotten most of the food. They keep falling on 3, or their wings knock him over to the volerail, and he gets "stuck" there for a while. He is a little trooper and I hope he can hang in there, but no promises. They are all adorable though, so here is a couple pics. I had to force myself to stop, they are so funny falling all over each other, like bobbleheads do :sunsmile:

Wing preening them

Active little bobbleheads!

LeeLee · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:54 pm **Posts:** 471

OK folks, I cant stop! Here are a couple more pics of Wing's brood. You can see the smallest stretching up closest to the volerail, but believe me, he is pretty tiny. Wing spent some time last night feeding him alone. Hope she can keep it up :sunsmile:

Number 1 is on the left, 2 and 3 on right

Tiniest is closest to the volerail, stretching up to catch mom's attention!

:loveshow:

Just so in love with them!

Link for those who have not seen Wing and Beau
http://watch.birds.cornell.edu/nestcams ... ID=C100229

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2011 1:06 pm

Just looked in and every one is sleeping :smile:

PeSSouZiX · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:42 am

LeeLee · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:54 pm **Posts:** 471

Some sad news - a snake has gotten into Wing's box in Italy, TX once AGAIN. It appears to have killed the largest owlet, but Wing was in the box at the time and put a hurting on the snake and threw it out the box. Number 2 and Tiny are apparently ok. From posts, this happened around 1am TX time. Wing dragged the oldest over, sitting on it to try to warm it as it got cold. For over an hour she tried to revive it, preening and such from the posts. Later, she recycled him. Beau has made something like 4 more deliveries since the attack, and checked out the box and stayed with Wing inside for a while. There is plenty of foodin the box for now. Wing has calmed down, but on guard. Cant believe this happened again to our beloved Wing, after all the trauma last year and that snake almost killed her too.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63612

I just cannot believe this happened again....I don't know how one could even snake proof an area like that...Bless their hearts....I am so glad that Wing was at least able to throw the snake out of the box...and at least save herself and the 2 ....Can you imagine the horror if you had been watching the cam at that time.

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:28 pm

Oh LeeLee I'm so sorry hon,this is just aweful so glad she got it out before any more losses we have to just try and remember this is the way of nature bad as it is the snake was just doing what comes nautual to it but when we watch these nest and they start growing up in front of our eyes it is so hard to think that way again honey I am so sorry for you and all that love these little cutie pies lets all cross our fingers that is the last of the snakes coming around :cryinggirl:

Bosuil · **Joined:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:27 am **Posts:** 235

And another sad story - seems the owls at Nir David can't find enough prey - after one of the 2 smallest of the 4 owlets died and was eaten several days ago, the next smallest has died from hunger today and is being eaten now (no parent around) ... The difference in size was really big (think either egg # 3 never hatched or 3rd hatchling died early on) - although as I posted before, mother fed tiny ones explicitly (mostly after 2 largest had stuffed their stomachs and didnot compete for food anymore).

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