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8/8/10 Here are the links to jmm’s clips from the 8/7/10 banding:
Part1
Part 2
Part 3
Thank you all who came or watched yesterday. The intent was to hopefully provide a more in depth experience of learning more about not only owls, but all the other wild things we work hard to understand, share, restore, and/or protect here at Starr Ranch and beyond. Pete
7/19/10 The new view above is the IR cam on the left and the PTZ cam on the right. I set this up so you don’t lose the contextual view from the IR cam when I zoom in with the PTZ cam. And of course, the PTZ gives you some nice closeup views even if I’m not zooming. Please let me know what you think. BTW, the bandwidth use of two views is not much different than what all were watching on the single IR cam during the first brood. Basically, these two cams are reduced in resolution with no visible quality loss so together they are using virtually the same bandwidth the IR cam was using at higher resolution a few months back. Note: The 2 views are not quite synced, but the difference should only be a few seconds. Tech note: I’m gonna replace the hardware that digitizes the right PTZ feed so that “graininess” in the middle of the view goes away. Point: It’s not the cam, but the processor. And I’m quite certain I can fix.
On another note, I think by now most know I’m doing as best I can to make this cam as good as it can be – I’m not done by any means searching for ways to make this glimpse of nature the best experience it can be for all of you. So if you like what you see and learn here, please consider a donation. Any support you might be able to give will be greatly appreciated. I also hope you know that supporting this cam supports Starr Ranch – point being, no Starr Ranch, no cam. And I receive no personal gain from this cam aside from the total delight in so many of you folks getting really engaged with these birds and so much else that’s wild through watching, asking and answering questions, and just caring. Thanks, Pete
Second clutch:
Egg 1 05/21/10 08:00 Hatch 06/21/10 3:00
Egg 2 05/23/10 09:00 Hatch 06/23/10 8:48
Egg 3 05/25/10 13:00 Hatch 06/25/10 7:00
Egg 4 05/28/10 16:00 Didn’t hatch
Female: At least 5 yrs old. Banded as minimum 2 year old on 03/07/07 approx 300yds south of cavity
Male: At least 7 yrs old. Banded as minimum 3 year old on 04/07/06 approx 300yds south of cavity
First clutch band numbers and who we associated with each:
907-04040 Egg 2 01/04/10 10:30 Hatch 02/04/10 09:30
907-04041 Egg 4 01/09/10 06:30 Hatch 02/09/10 03:15
907-04042 Egg 5 01/11/10 11:00 Hatch 02/12/10 16:30
907-04043 Egg 1 01/02/10 11:00 Hatch 02/03/10 06:15
907-04044 Egg 3 01/06/10 15:30 Hatch 02/07/10 03:00
These two didn’t survive:
Egg 6 01/13/10 17:30 Hatch 02/13/10 08:30
Egg 7 01/16/10 11:00 Hatch 02/16/10 01:45
Female: Unknown because band not read. But high probability is same female as second clutch.
Male: Same male as second clutch.
To see nest tree location use : 33°37′46.18″N,117°33′15.12″W in Google Earth or http://maps.yahoo.com
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Just saw all 4 while Mom was gardening
Drop and cop.
Haven’t been able to count eggs for sure, despite Momma’s shifting and potty break. There are 3, but are there 4? Dunno.
Remember PD asked us to post only BNOW related posts.
Dad just brought home the bacon. Mom is twittering and he is mating her. Otherwise things have been quiet–very unlike last night before the AM hatch. Maybe there is something to the change in behaviors prior to hatching. If so, tomorrow late night (early tues) maybe the antsy behavior will begin again.
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/y_GA9Eje2CU/ alternate link for second half of love happens
She just popped back in empty mouthed. Darn, I wis I could have caught it.
Yes, the cam refreshes
She just left with something in her mouth–it wasn’t like the previous pic and seemed to have some fur. I couldn’t catch it on vid :( Three little ones look good.
going to watch “love happens” online
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/G23lcJ93_vk/ first half
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/uvsNMlDOOHM/ second half
in case anyone wants to watch it
that might convince him! :D eeeehehehehehe
I found a pic I took of her with the disc thingie in her mouth just before she left the nest with it.
he probably won’t believe us with that video because it doesn’t show her taking it out and getting rid of it, but we’ll see
I like your title for that video jmm hehehe
The vid that showed the disc thingy was Trish’s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyYyI9bmcnk
At 43 seconds she pulls it out of the body.
See kids, this is how you toss back a shot of rodent! No salt or lemon needed!
Momma is feeding the little ones as well as herself now.
I’m going through my vids/pics for that mouse part momma objected to.
someone needs to show pete a pic or video of mrs owl discarding the organ, I don’t think he believes it
Evelyn’s mouse anatomy attachment makes me think it was the stomach she discared because after removing the thing she ate the intestines, I think, She picked up the thing several times and each time chucked it away. Definately not to her liking.
It wasn’t a dead chick. But has anyone counted four eggs? I see three but haven’t seen four
Mom is standing and the first two owlets are growing by leaps and bounds! Guess those rat/mouse innerds are nutritious!
I saw her once remove something whitish from the cavity that looked like part of an intestinal tract (prior to egg laying) and more recently she removed something she took directly from a rodent – looked like a wood rat? – I think Trish has it in one of her videos to see the size. Several times I have seen her remove it from inside the headless rodent (sorry to sound heartless – I’m not) and roll it around horizontally with her beak several times before either discarding in cavity or actually taking it outside. I had a larger parrot who used to sort of test food items out in this manner… I did not see her tonight but what she had last night and in Trish’s video she pulled directly from the inside of the rodent.
aha! http://plato.wilmington.edu/faculty/dtroike/mouse_anatomy.htm
warning….. not for the squeamish, although it’s not as bad as certain things
I think every time, mrs owl is removing…. the lungs
now perhaps mr owl might eat whatever organ mrs owl is getting rid of, if he got the chance that is
Holy cow, watching mom attend to the pantry she has at least 3 rats in there! I love how she keeps delicately and deliberately arranging them LOL
Also funny observation a while ago…the mom wanted to get up and stretch…she raised her body and I saw one of the owlets had its head draped across the mom’s leg (nice and warm!) Well apparently this got in the way of mom trying to move, so she kept kicking her leg to get the owlet’s head off! So funny! Poor little owlet just wanted to get warm lol