Macdoum - I can imagine so well! Myself, had had the cam in the corner of my screen for a long, long time, then was off for some minutes and just then male appeared with prey! There's also a clip from that delivery - but as we remember from Klaus and Klaara - in the beginning, a lot happens under Mom's wings, so to say ;-)
In any case, I think soon Mr. Owl has to increase his nr. of deliveries - just a few mice a night isn't enough - I hope he'll manage.
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: April 4th, 2012, 7:10 pm
by Bosuil
Dutch Tawny Owls:
New clip from yesterday evening when the female left the nest - 2 owlets and 1 egg:
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: April 5th, 2012, 12:17 pm
by Bosuil
And the 3rd chick has hatched and was first seen during the night, when the female left the nest for a short time. The male has brought 5 mice this night! You can still see 4.
Clip by Leo Ceelen who installed the nestbox and webcam.
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: April 5th, 2012, 7:23 pm
by macdoum
Thank you Bosuil,I have spread the word. Lovely video of such tiny beings.
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: April 11th, 2012, 1:11 am
by Bosuil
Little Dutch Tawnies are now 5-8 days old and growing well.
Dutch Tawny's not so tiny anymore - devouring whole mice ...
Snapshot from nestbox owner
And a clip: Male delivers mouse and one chick wants to swallow it,
female has to help
Clip from nestbox owner
Do check in to see - the female is away to hunt more often and for longer periods of time, so they chicks are often visible - makes me think back to the Tower of Power of Klaara & Klaus when they had even 4 chicks!
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: April 18th, 2012, 2:11 am
by Bosuil
Dutch Tawnies - smallest one grabs the prey (clip from nestbox owner):
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: April 18th, 2012, 7:27 am
by alice44
Can you post the link? I had it and then I lost it.
Snapshot of all chicks looking up to entrance hole
just after mom went out hunting this morning 1:20 AM:
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: April 26th, 2012, 12:41 am
by Bosuil
Biggest Dutch Tawnie showing his wings - 3 days ago:
and this evening, the delivery of the first mouse resulted in a tug o'war between youngest and oldest:
Afterwards, people who watched it saw a mouse tail hanging out of youngest's beak ... ! Not the first night that youngest grabs the first prey of the evening.
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 1st, 2012, 12:49 pm
by Bosuil
Oldest chick takes a look outside:
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 2nd, 2012, 11:18 pm
by Bosuil
Dutch Tawnies in their nestbox have hardly space for their large wings:
Since several days, the oldest chick goes up to the entrance hole to look outside and await the first prey.
This evening, he sits there for about half an hour. A sibling joins him, goes down again and the oldest goes down as well, but back up in a few minutes and
at one point, he almost drops down:
Video clip made by nestbox owner Leo Ceelen
He sat there for almost 45 min.!
Of course, the first mouse arrived a little after that ;-)
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 4th, 2012, 12:30 pm
by Bleggi
This morning I found a way to make my pics a bit bigger.
At about 10:15 am a little one was looking outside.
After that the mom has liked to fly away
Thank you Bosuil for sending me the link, so I was looking again how to handle with pics for my album.
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 4th, 2012, 3:12 pm
by Bosuil
Parent arrives with prey, but 2 owlets sit in the entrance hole!
Owlet has fallen asleep while sitting in the entrance hole, parent arrives with prey but he isn't hungry, nor lets parent pass by to feed his siblings ...
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 8th, 2012, 12:07 am
by Bleggi
News about the other owl webcam in the Netherlands:
Three little owls were in the nest. Yesterday left the first one and this morning around 6 am the second one. In the evening I watched the last little owl sitting in the hole of the little house and I was waiting what would happen. And there are the pictures (are many of them, but the last ones of this nest for this season).
14:05
20:38 - 21:00 at exact this time little owl flew away
I wish the Owl Family all the best - always enough food and much fun in the world
Re: Owls Around the World
Posted: May 9th, 2012, 2:43 am
by Bosuil
Am happy you saw it too, Bleggi! It was so great to see the little one get courage and leave the nest so soon after the other 2, even though he was a bit smaller.
Nestbox owner Leo Ceelen posted a photo of 2 of the 3 owlets in the daytime (too big to post here):
Bosuil: Thank you for this wonderful picture we can see with the Link. It is a dream!
I was fascinated to watch the littlest one leaving the nest. I know that the small ones get care of the parents for some time. But I dont know wether the siblings find together after leaving the "nest" or are sitting alone somewhere near by.
Now I will watch the owls on Beleef de Lente.
Greetings from Bleggi