Last night the first, and only, egg hatched for the barnowls at Heligan, UK.
Here a picture of the newly hatched barnowlet from when the female was briefly off to go to 'powder hear beak':
Eagle Owl Denmark
May 23rd
Since Wednesday the view is so blurry, as if during sandstorm or thick fog.
But parents deliver food, yesterday I saw owlets fighting for a prey.
The text says that the oldest owlet is most likely a female, weighing 1413 grammes at an age of 29 days old with a wing chord of 168 mm.
The second owlet was much smaller, very likely a male. He weighed 1019 grammes with a wing chord of 143 mm.
Both owlets were checked for diseases and malnutrition, but nothing was found, so they are in excellent physical shape.
The ringers also found a feather of the female, which after analysis could tell that the female is about 9 years old, so she's very likely the same female as in previous years.
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 27th, 2014, 12:00 am
by Mamicja
Eagle Owl Denmark
May 26th
The view is still blurry, but I saw mom feeding owlets.
With IR it's little bit better.
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 27th, 2014, 12:03 am
by Mamicja
GHO nest, Charlo, Montana
May 26th
Mom and owlet....isn't it cute?
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 27th, 2014, 2:33 pm
by Kukelke
13:31 - The Danish eagleowlets are being ringed and weighed now:
Ringer just picked up the owlets and put them in a bag:
The 1st owlet is placed back:
And the 2nd:
Some grass trimming so the cam view isn't blocked:
And then the camera went black and wouldn't restart:
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 27th, 2014, 7:42 pm
by Mamicja
Eagle Owl Denmark
Owlet tries to remove the new jewelry
Thanks to ringing the lens is clean
Edit Mom came to feed owlets
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 29th, 2014, 12:44 am
by Mamicja
Eagle Owl Denmark
May 28th
Owlets were fed many times today.
One of owlets got a rat. Now they are often out of the cam range and it's hard to notice deliveries.
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: June 21st, 2014, 4:26 pm
by Mamicja
Eagle Owl Denmark
June 21st
Danish owlets doing well. The can fly already.
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: June 23rd, 2014, 1:38 am
by Mamicja
Eagle Owl Denmark
June 23rd
Yesterday's menu: hedgehog
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: July 5th, 2014, 6:05 am
by Bosuil
Snowy Owl in Alaska!
Catch a glimpse of a ghost! Enjoy a sneak peek of a Snowy Owl nest in the remote landscape of Arctic Alaska.
Also known as 'Tundra Ghosts', these owl parents are nurturing six newborn chicks.
The Snowy Owl is not nocturnal and can be seen hunting day or night. With 24 hours of daylight now in Barrow, there's plenty of time for viewing.