I agree Hiker. Dale has such a time trying to maneuver those huge talons around the eggs and the new hatchling. It's amazing she doesn't squish the baby. These raptors are such a treat to see up close how gentle they can be but feared in the wild by their prey.
Skylark was asleep on an egg with it's little wings open. I went full screen and couldn't see another pip but all the eggs have so much schmutz on them it's impossible to tell.
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Skylark with little wings
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Once again Roy comes to the hideout and blocks the cam view tonight with his big ol head. He's standing there asleep and Dale is chittering non stop. The mods said it was highly unlikely that egg #2 would hatch at this point so they are now moving on to the hatch of egg #3 which should be tomorrow sometime. Roy needs to shave.
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Roy being a cam hog again
Egg #3 is hatching! Owlet is not completely out yet but they zoomed on it and I got a snip of it's tiny wing outside the egg with Sky's wing laying on top of the egg. So cool to see that happening. Egg #2 was a dud and will eventually become part of the gag shag carpet.
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Dale left for a few minutes tonight and OwlCamGuy did a zoom on the babies. They look like little aliens.
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Roy and Dale have 3 little ones now. Sparrow hatched at 12:02 p.m. on March 16, 2013 Also attached is Emmie Jan's video. I love EmmieJan's videos. http://youtu.be/sY9vq2V_R78
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Roy and Dale's 4th owlet (Chickadee) hatched at 10:34 p.m. on March 18, 2013> This picture is Dale feeding Skylark, Starling, and Sparrow. I'm not sure if Chickadee got any. Dale is a great Mom.
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Treat report from overnight was 1 rabbit, 1 mouse and 2 gophers. Roy made a fast visit this morning at 5:46 a.m. and took back one of the gophers. LOL Dale still has plenty of food in the pantry for the day. She has been in the box now since around the middle of January.
Here's a video by mrdrake 02012 of Roy taking back one of his gophers.
Last night's treat report: Roy has delivered 3 gophers and a mouse so far. Roy unzipped the gopher and regifted it to Dale Here is a debbiemango video of Roy regifting the gopher. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5NrvzG_Jdo&feature=youtu.be
Dale hears MO (mystery owl) and chases him off. This just amazes me every time it happens. She hears him - which is a testament to their keen hearing because they are silent flyers - and instantly knows it's not Roy and takes off after him. Unreal. Don't mess with Dale. Video of the MO chase from mrdrake02012
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Dale is a great Mom.
