One of the barn owls has decided to spend today in the new nest box rather than roosting elsewhere as they have been doing. Not sure where the other one is – they were both in the old nest box last night.
Month: January 2020
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Daytime owl
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Category: Barn Owls -
Slow January
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Not much happening, but the days are ticking by and getting ever so slightly longer. The barn owls are still visiting the nest box at night, often going there just after dusk and in and out until dawn. No sign of the tawnies, but we can still hear them in the woods nearby. The field is soggy, the lake gently overflowing, frost in the mornings and footprints of badgers and foxes, but apart from that all is quiet.
Hoar frost on hogweed -
Cold crisp days
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Category: The PondNot a breath of wind and a beautiful clear evening sky.
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Not sure we should be looking
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Category: Barn OwlsIt does feel a bit voyeuristic watching them spend time together, particularly when they get all frisky and start practising making hootlets.
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Love is in the air!
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Category: Barn OwlsWe have sound (but no music!) as both the barn owls arrive, noisily at first, then romantic silence as they settle in together.
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Happy New Year
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Category: Barn OwlsAnd we start with a new camera – not working properly yet (no sound, video not exporting properly), but once it is we should have day and night videos of the barn owl box.
We think this is the male. Paler markings and no black spots on front unlike the female, and the male tends to be the one seeking out and preparing nest sites.
