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OWL: Feeding time (video)
Now that Mrs. Ace appears to have started incubating, Ace is occasionally dropping food off at night.
And now that I record the night action on a DVR, we can see close up some of the bits of owl life that usually occur in secret.
The food drop on the video took all of 10 seconds, and I nearly missed it as I reviewed six hours of recordings with a fast-forward.
So I made a video, about a minute long, that may be the first screech owl viddeo with an instant replay and a slo-mo replay, all coming in at just over a minute.
What critter is being dropped off?
I don’t know, but I would like to hear your ideas…
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I AM GUESSING IT IS A VOLE OR SMALL MOUSE.
FASCINATING RESEARCH!
MARIO ELIA
marioelia@hotmail.com -
VERY cool – well done! It looks like a vole to me, although it’s tough to tell. Actually I saw a owl cam that was placed on the entrance hole pointing towards the back of the box and you could actually see prey delivery easier. That might be something to think about for 2009….. Keep posting videos please.
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That’s so cool! Thank you. Your putting all of this together for us to see is very appreciated!
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MARIO ELIA
I AM GUESSING IT IS A VOLE OR SMALL MOUSE.
FASCINATING RESEARCH!
MARIO ELIA
marioelia@hotmail.com
Owlman
VERY cool – well done! It looks like a vole to me, although it’s tough to tell. Actually I saw a owl cam that was placed on the entrance hole pointing towards the back of the box and you could actually see prey delivery easier. That might be something to think about for 2009….. Keep posting videos please.
Diana & Jeff
That’s so cool! Thank you. Your putting all of this together for us to see is very appreciated!