02/07/10 9PM All times are PST
Egg 1 01/02/2010 11:00
Egg 2 01/04/2010 10:30
Egg 3 01/06/2010 15:30
Egg 4 01/09/2010 06:30
Egg 5 01/11/2010 11:00
Egg 6 01/13/2010 17:30
Egg 7 01/16/2010 11:00
Owlet 1 02/03/2010 06:15
Owlet 2 02/04/2010 09:30
Owlet 3 02/07/2010 03:00
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Thanks so much for the Barn Owl comment archive (above left). Great that we won’t lose the info from early last year. Just one question… is it the high volume of comments or the increase in viewers using bandwidth that is making the monthly expenses rise at such a rate? Or both???
…looks like the owls are enjoying a nice afternoon in sunny CA
Carol,
Those are ants, I believe Velvet Tree ants, crawling next to and often on the camera lens. Happy watching..
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Pete has asked us all not to post unneccesary chit chat. I DO NOT want this owl cam to be taken down due to this! Let the people with the knowlege do the posting, and the rest of us just read it!
This will cost us ALL in the long run! The more we can donate to the webcam the longer it will stay up and running, the more we chit chat, the faster we will lose it!
What are the little things running around in the lower left?
Pete,
I remember something about only Desert woodrats eating Prickly Pear cactus due to Dusky Footed woodrat not being able to stomach the oxalic acid.. maybe the owl is selective as to species about discarding entrails if the oxalic acid would be harmful to the babies, etc…just speculating.
Regarding megacolon–this condition in infants is never normal–there is pathology involved. If we are seeing dilated colons amont the rats, I can’t help but wonder why. Maybe I’ll check it out later.
Things are quiet rght now. Dad is preening and the babies are quiet.
Bye for now–
With the discarded “innards”, if not mistaken peregrine falcons are more selective with what they intake when they have nestlings to feed. If i recall correctly when a peregrine falcon manages to get a pigeon the head is discarded because the brain is toxic to the eyeasses. Perhaps this is true with BNO’s as well? Perhaps this may be due to the immune system of the youngsters not being up to full flight yet?
it is true!
Another hummingbird visit. I like that you can hear it before you see it!