SWR Uhu Webcam (Germany, Eifel)

[Manu]

Bea : Thank you so much for the update what's happened there.

[Starling]

Thanks for the info Bea & spatz. Do you know where the owlet is from?
What a cutie.

[spatz]

it is in the area ahrtal
I have not found more
lotte was there has much talk

[Bea]

Two more pics from yesterday evening



Adult owl was there, too


Stopped watching around midnight, there is no update from the Cam-diary until now.

And pic from today



Starling
Stefan Brücher writes, that the owlet "became" an orphant, so I think it must have had parents
It is a pity that we don´t can read more there about the owlet.

[spatz]

I look at lotte no ring?
the little owl has a ring

[spatz]

new message by stefan Brücher
He does not know whether lotte fodder brought, but he gave fodder

[Bea]

Hello spatz Thanks for the hint!

Yes, he wrote that they were not sure if Lotte brought food, but she visited the owlet several times during the night, following his begging calls. Beakclapping was heard, but no sighting to proof a feeding.

Stefan Brücher again had put food to the owlet and owlet took it and stored it in a rock crack, it was not hungry at that time -> this is natural behaviour - later in the evening it was eating its storage
He writes that owlet behaves normal and seems to enjoy where it is.

When I watched it yesterday in nighttime it was quite lively, walked along the rockrim from one side to the other, shook feathers, stretched and fluttered and watched its surrounding very interested.

[spatz]

I saw this really
lotte eat comes to Junior

[Starling]

Bea & spatz.
Yesterday I waited to 22.15 (here 23.15), but no adults. But the owlet was very alert running around the cave. Today more action and earlier.
Owlet was having a rat. (Probably from Stefan?)



In the other corner was an adult. Lotte, I assume.

[Starling]

Lotte was having a rat too. From Stefan?

Rat tail in her mouth.

[Starling]

In the same pic. Lotte & the owlet.
The owlet could use little help with ripping that rat, but Lotte flew away.

[Starling]

Well, the owlet did quite good job with the rat too.

[spatz]

well both have eaten a rat
thank you stefan

[Starling]

Has Stefan thrown a rabbit this time?

Owlet is laying/sleeping there.

[Bea]

It looks like!

Stefan wrote that he wants to stimulate Lotte to feed the chick, it is not known if Lotte did this already or not.
When he throws rats the owlet can swallow them by itself, and Lotte eats them as easy prey, too

But a rabbit can´t be swallowed whole .... so probably he wants to provocate a feeding situation. I´m curious!

Stefan writes he will give all this a longer try, in the hope that adoption could be successful.

[Bea]

21:43
Owlet working on the rabbit


22:01
In the meantime I heard the voice of an adult owl - Lotte?
Now the owlet is here and I can´t see the rabbit - did Lotte steal and fly away with it???
Unfortunately the cam was not zooming or swapping in that time

[Starling]

I also saw owlet working on the rabbit earlier...

I´m afraid Stefan will have to feed the owlet for some time.

I sure would like to adopt this little guy/girl.

[Bea]

19. May

Stefan has not yet written news today, but I think that he threw some food to the owlet around midday.

Now, at 21:23, Lotte (?) was here and the owlet begged for food. But to me it seemed as if Lotte was not very friendly to the owlet and only wanted to search for food to steal it

[Bea]

20. May

Still no new report from Stefan Brücher, but I saw that Owlet got a white rat for food - it first tried to rip it ....

[Bea]

... but then managed to swallow it whole