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baby barn owls in the shed....

sandra

By sandra

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there is an owl box in the shed down our lane. today the bird man john came to see if we had any babies….

this is john the birdman….he looks after twenty owl boxes in the area. ours is one of the best. we have babies nearly every year. he comes around once a year to ring any babies so they can keep an eye on them…

two babies this year. about twenty days old…
after ringing them john put them back up in their box.
we watch the parents hunting the hedgerows around the valley.

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they are lovely birds arent they. you are very priveleged.

12 Jul, 2009

 

thanks Seaburngirl...we know we are lucky to see them...

;-))

12 Jul, 2009

 

Fantastic blog Sandra and great photo,s,it must be quite an experience watching their progress, does your birdman keep you updated on their whereabouts.......

12 Jul, 2009

 

thanks Lincslass
i'm afraid the only ones we hear about are the sick or dead ones...;-((
but it dosent happen very often.

12 Jul, 2009

 

This is lovely Sandra and clearly a great compliment to you to be able to provide a haven for them ..cant forget that image on Springwatch where big brother leant over and ate little brother so even though we try our best to protect them ..

12 Jul, 2009

 

its not us its John the birdman. he is an emplyee of the Texaco refinery. they allow him to care for the local birds in work time.(i dont think he gets much work done). he put the boxes up years ago about twenty in all for owls and probably hundres of other boxes. he goes around the schools to teach the kids all about the birds

12 Jul, 2009

 

~fantastic Sandra!

12 Jul, 2009

 

thanks Arlene we love watching them as they learn to fly and hunt

12 Jul, 2009

 

Wonderful Blog & Fab Photos Sandra :) Im so happy 2 see uv 2 more Babies this year :)

12 Jul, 2009

 

and me Jacue. these are much younger than the same time last year. i didnt even know they were there.....

12 Jul, 2009

 

Wow! u must of felt over the Moon seeing them then ? Ur so lucky getting to hold them they are the cutest :)

12 Jul, 2009

 

How lovely you are so lucky, thanks for the brilliant pictures.

12 Jul, 2009

 

What a privelege to see these babies, thanks for sharing it with us. Yhey may be babies but they have faces like little old men!

13 Jul, 2009

 

thanks DD and Lily

we are very lucky and yes they do look like little old men...

13 Jul, 2009

 

aw sandra, you are so lucky and so are the owls that obviously find your barn a safe place. fantastic photos

13 Jul, 2009

 

thanks Irish
the dogs know they are there but the box is so high that are very they are very safe....

13 Jul, 2009

 

Little old men having a bad hair day, lol. That's a great bit of PR for Texaco, what an old cynic I am.

13 Jul, 2009

Sid
Sid
 

Wow - what a privelidge Sandra! Not very beautiful fellows tho are they? lol I didn't know a barn owl home was called a bow... is that bow to rhyme with cow or bow to rhyme with flow?

13 Jul, 2009

 

Sid i've corrected my spelling i meant box...lol

Wagger
they do look like little old men..lol
as for texaco..i have mixed feelings...i drive therefore i need fuel...and they were here before me, if i had been here when they started i would probably been a NIMBY...not in my back yard........
but they are good niegbours funding John and his bird group to look after out diverse aray of birds. the primary school my kids went to only has about twentyfive kids but thanks to texaco they all have their own computers...

13 Jul, 2009

Sid
Sid
 

Oh! Ha! How funny! x-D Good job I didn't go around saying to people, 'Do you know what I found out today.....' LOL

14 Jul, 2009

 

Wonderful stuff Sandra - thanks for sharing the pictures with us - John is a star!

14 Jul, 2009

 

all the locals call him the bird man...hes brilliant

14 Jul, 2009

 

I don't know what it is about baby owls but they have me in hysterics when I see them ! Brilliant pics Sandra

16 Jul, 2009

 

they definately make me smile....Rob.

16 Jul, 2009

 

Just found this, after seeing your pic. Am "wide-eyed" with amazement - Gr8 job! :-)

17 Jul, 2009

 

we were sooo lucky to catch John when he came to tag them...

17 Jul, 2009

 

what fantastic pictures....so interesting - thanksforsharing them

24 Jul, 2009

 

my pleasure Berniebabe. they should start flying soon...;-))

24 Jul, 2009

 

Wow fantastic pictures you are lucky we only had blackbirds & sparrows nesting in our little garden.

26 Jul, 2009

 

PS
Seeing these birds reminded me our elderley neighbour (who doesnt appreciate wild birds) a few weeks ago I was up some ladders fixing a loose aerial cable for him when I spotted a nest just behind an old satelite dish - I wanted to say fancy finding ....but managed to stop myself midway & instead pretended to have a coughing fit ..."what was that" he said - Oh just dust I replied :-)

26 Jul, 2009

 

thanks Davey
what he dont know wont hurt him...lol

we have a wrens nest in our shed we now have to leave the door open for them...

26 Jul, 2009

 

how did u build ur nest boxes?

13 May, 2011

 

hello Birdboy..i didnt...the guy in the blue overalls in my blog...John...has put tea chests up in a few barns locally...

13 May, 2011

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