This nest is in a tree located at Starr Ranch. Hatch is in progress with at least two owlettes and additional eggs still to hatch. The female is a beautiful owl with awesome colors and a lot of spotting. She seems to be dealing with an ant problem, so it will be interesting to see what impact that has on the nest.
Zitat03/04/13 Here are the egg dates I got from Hibiscus (Thanks!) so far. If anyone has corrections or perhaps a tighter time frame for any, please email me and I’ll update. Pete Egg 1 02/22/13 02:11pm Egg 2 02/25/13 03:00pm – 02/27/13 04:00am (Duration of power outage) Egg 3 02/28/13 06:00am – 06:50am Egg 4 03/02/13 12:09pm – 12:36pm Egg 5 03/05/13 02:42PM
Zitat03/28/2013 - First hatchling emerged at around 12:30 last night. There is a lot of commentary, links to videos, etc…, on the Starr Ranch Facebook page. — Gretchen
I watched the BO feed the babies tonight. She tore up what looked like a vole or rat. I saw three hungry mouths but am not sure if the fourth was eating or not. They were very eager eaters and at one point a baby grabbed a big chunk and swallowed it whole. Once she had fed them what she had, she settled them all down and covered them. I haven't gotten to see the male BO yet. I am looking forward to that. The cam has IR which is awesome but there doesn't appear to be sound. There didn't appear to be anything in the pantry, so it will be interesting to see how the male does keeping them fed.
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I watched this cam for awhile today and saw 3 babies and 1 egg. I'm not sure if it was a shell or a whole egg. The mom is gorgeous with rich coloring and was being so careful around her babies with her balled up foot. I can't wait to see dad, too! The inside of the tree looks like the perfect nest and seems almost magical with all the "halls" leading out of our sight. I love this cam!
I just saw dad bring food and do the dance with mom. They left together for a few minutes. This cam does have sound and I heard those little BO's hissing at their dad! Dad has a leg band.
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4-9-13 Breakfast video by Trishrg shows feeding and one of the babies playing with the rat's tail. I think I see something happening on the egg but I could be having pip hallucinations again.
Ants were crawling all over the tree and some were on the owlets last night. When I looked in this morning the ants are everywhere and crawling all over the owlets and Mrs. Spots. They are flapping and flopping all over the place trying to get them off. I feel so sorry for them. I wish I could go in there and help them. This is awful!!!!
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Things look a lot calmer inside the tree right now. The babies seem to be asleep and Mrs. Spots seems relaxed. Dang! That was awful to watch them being covered with ants! Mrs. Spots stuck it out and stayed inside with the little ones even though she was being tortured by the ants, too. I hear a lot of Acorn Woodpeckers in the background here.
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The owlets were lined up in stair step order and the littlest one was constantly calling for food. They are so cute. Mom and dad have both started hunting now since the little ones are bigger and are requiring more and more food.
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These little owlets are growing so fast. They were standing against the wall and their fuzz made them look like they had 1 body with 3 heads and 6 legs. LOL You can see all the pellets that they will eventually break up and make nice gag shag out of.
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To me that picture looks like the cute fuzz ball with six legs and 3 heads doesn't want to step on the gag shag.... The pellets look like furry meat balls.
I watched these babies last night as they lined up and stood in the door waiting for their food deliveries. The big one with the mohawk hairdo was in front of the line determined to be the first one served and sure enough it worked out that way. The little one was hungry and making lots of noise as it waited for the next delivery. LOL It looked so pitiful standing by the door.
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Quote: Hiker wrote in post #19 Could you imagine walking through the woods at night and suddenly hearing those sounds??? That would scare the bajeebers out of me. Great video!!
When I first listened to it I was thinking the same thing. Oh, those sounds and sights we couldn't identify. Boy are we getting smartified.
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Mom and dad have both started hunting now since the little ones are bigger and are requiring more and more food.
The pellets look like furry meat balls. 
Could you imagine walking through the woods at night and suddenly hearing those sounds??? That would scare the bajeebers out of me. Great video!! 
