STARR RANCH OWLS 2010

PattiO · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:36 pm

I knew that was going to happen ... I haven't been watching them that much myself. Couldn't stand hearing tiny yelling for food.

I hope #6 is doing alright.

beans · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:50 pm

Video: Young Barn Owlet Swallows a Mouse

Dad has been dropping off small rodents to his hungry owlets. The largest owlets push to the front and eat first. This little guy now moves forward and is rewarded with dinner, while his siblings finish up their dinner behind him. Hmmm... it looks like one more is waiting and he now steps to the front…

Annie · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:57 pm

Thanks, beans, for fine video! It was nice to see, how easily eating can happen, when you are big enough. In my slideshow eating is an enormous challange - but they are getting bigger all the time!

Click on the picture!

(These pics are taken a couple of days ago.)

PattiO · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:59 pm

If you've been to the website you will have seen Pete's update. Her climbed the tree the other day to fix the audio, which he did ... but he also found a deceased owlet. He says it wasn't Tiny because it was too decomposed. So, that made 2 gone. Then early this morning another one died. So, we are down to 4.

This is the picture I got this afternoon! :roll:

obxbarb · **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:38 pm

That is crazy! What is that mouse thinking???

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64479

I agree..that is a wild picture...but I'm very sad that they have lost 3 owlets...geeeeeeeeeez...

Annie · **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:47 pm

... On Tue there were four, but after that they were however still five? :?:

Blog: http://www.starrranch.org/blog/?page_id=2

Have been not abled to watch at them very much, but at least for me would it be impossible to say how many they at the moment are. It would be happy, if we have five owlets to grow there. :beathrt:

PattiO · **Posted:** Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:39 am

Yes Annie .... still 5 it seems. I haven't been able to watch them much lately myself.

bev. · **Posted:** Sun Mar 14, 2010 6:23 pm

although they are cute , after a mishap at one cam a few years ago, I could no longer watch. The chicken I am, I wait till they are ready to fledge

PattiO · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:04 pm

I made a slideshow with some pics that have been piling up in my folder. I think the earliest is March 6th - and then a bunch from tonight. I'm still not sure if there's 4 or 5.

PattiO · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:12 pm

PS -

Quote:

We’ll be banding these owls on Saturday, March 20 around 3PM. Banding will be webcast starting around this time.

That should be 6 PM EST.

Annie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:59 am

Thanks PattiO for the lovely slideshow and the banding info!
I just was at the nest too and suprised how big the owlets already are! - either I can say how many they are. I saw four, but there are corners...