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Hi All,
I'm getting a little concerned about my pair of Barnies, the non stop rain has left all their favourite hunting grounds completely waterlogged and in some parts under two or three inches of water.
As I have seen them doing bonding behaviour the last few weeks, I don't think it will be long before they start doing display flights and food passing in readiness for mating. So as I want to try and get as many images of the whole breeding cycle as possible, I thought I would start this week and record as much as possible.
This image is of the female, she is out of the box a good 45 mins before the male, so she can get out and hunt as much as possible to build up her bulk for breeding. She normally sits on the ledge for about 5 minutes having a good preen and stretch then goes off hunting. Tonight she was very sleepy on the ledge, which means she was probably hunting well into the morning or has been out during the day as well as all last night. The weather here last night was terrible for Barn Owl's very wet and blowing a gale
We used to have barn owls here too, but the ground is just about permanently waterlogged now.
I like the image showing the nest boxes surroundings, and the very descriptive text.
I know it gives various crop options, but I think it would be nice to have the nest box just off-centre, with more room to the right for the barnies to look into.
I hope your owls do well and you get a good set of images of them
Posted by John Chapman on March 7, 2007 at 9:06 AM
Hi Rob
thanks for your story most interesting.
John
Aberdeen.
Discussion
3 repliesHi All,
I'm getting a little concerned about my pair of Barnies, the non stop rain has left all their favourite hunting grounds completely waterlogged and in some parts under two or three inches of water.
As I have seen them doing bonding behaviour the last few weeks, I don't think it will be long before they start doing display flights and food passing in readiness for mating. So as I want to try and get as many images of the whole breeding cycle as possible, I thought I would start this week and record as much as possible.
This image is of the female, she is out of the box a good 45 mins before the male, so she can get out and hunt as much as possible to build up her bulk for breeding. She normally sits on the ledge for about 5 minutes having a good preen and stretch then goes off hunting. Tonight she was very sleepy on the ledge, which means she was probably hunting well into the morning or has been out during the day as well as all last night. The weather here last night was terrible for Barn Owl's very wet and blowing a gale
All comments welcome
Regards
Rob
I like the image showing the nest boxes surroundings, and the very descriptive text.
I know it gives various crop options, but I think it would be nice to have the nest box just off-centre, with more room to the right for the barnies to look into.
I hope your owls do well and you get a good set of images of them
thanks for your story most interesting.
John
Aberdeen.