Sky is almost 2 weeks old is right Hiker but the tiny little squirt is already swallowing mice whole! Watch this video from debbiemango.


Thanks Debbie!

Rack em Stack em Wrangler Roy is on a roll delivering gophers. Last night he delivered FIVE gophers and 4 mousies. Here's the video on the treat deliveries courtesy of owlbertfinn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G1LhKGfi1k&feature=youtu.be

Tonight Wrangler Roy has already delivered 3 gophers in less than 1 hour and the night is young. I can't wait to find out how many he'll bring before morning. Dale went for a short flyabout and when she entered the hideout the babies hissed at her. LOL So funny.

Wrangler Roy wrangled 4 gophers for the pantry overnight. They are lining the pantry wall.
Skylark is towering over her siblings and is easy to pick out right now.

Debbiemango's video of Roy bringing a mouse and Skylark eats it. What's surprising to me in this video is that Roy brings the mouse in and does NOT jump on Dale. Could all the noise from the younguns be making Roy Boy lose that loving feeling? Dale seems surprised about it, too. LOL

angowleyez (Roy and Dale's house is in her yard) answered a question from a chatter about how long it will be before Dale doesn't stay inside the box with the owlets anymore and where will she stay when she leaves the box.

1:20 angowleyez: Well, she will sleep in a nearby tree
1:20 angowleyez: The typical time the Mom stays out, from the clutch data we have recorded, is when the youngest is 22 days old
1:20 angowleyez: it varies up to 26 days but never sooner
1:21 angowleyez: Im guessing Dale is going to be out of the Hideout before Chicka hits 3 weeks old
1:21 angowleyez: Then she will return at night, to stay a bit, unzip treats, and deliver


Dale has been inside the box since the middle of January. She stayed inside about 16 days before she laid the first egg. Roy has been delivering food to her, and now to the owlets and Dale, since she has been in the box.

Dale was ticked off at Roy this morning for not bringing food when he showed up. She was not her usual subservient self as she fussed him out and ran him out of the box. LOL Hilarious! Here's a video from mrdrake02012 of Dale letting Roy have it.

p.s. Roy did bring in 4 treats during the night but he really should have brought 5 according to Dale.
Here is the Owl Channel's Treat Report:
dkowen: The Owl Channel's Deets and Treats Report: 3 gophers & 1 mouse del’d from Roy. Dale went on the longest flyabout so far, over an hour.
dkowen: How old are the Songbirds today? Skylark is 19 days old, Starling is 15 days old, Sparrow is 13 days old and Chickadee 11 days old

11:35 dkowen: The Owl Channel's Deets and Treats Report: 8 Treats, Roy 1 huge rabbit, 1 mystery treat, 1 mouse, 3 gopher’s, Dale 2 gopher’s
11:35 dkowen: How old are the Songbirds today? Skylark is 30 days old, Starling is 26 days old, Sparrow is 24 days old and Chickadee 22 days old

They are growing SO fast! I was looking back through my pics and even while I've been watching, they grew up while I wasn't looking. These pics are 23 days apart. WOW! Gopher food make babies grow fast!

Roy and Dale are both excellent hunters and now that the babies are bigger and need more food, the deliveries come fast and furious all night long. Here's the treat report from last night.

3:25 hundon1: The Owl Channel's Deets and Treats Report: Total, 13/14 gophers delivered, Roy 8, Dale 5 or 6. 5:08am gopher taken out and brought back at 5:18

They are 4 little angels Hiker!
This morning I was treated to an excellent head bobbing show and then they all took turns fixing each others hair. I love this stage of development because they become little clowns and are so much fun to watch. They grow their tutu's and white tights and get their mohawk hairdos before long.

9:24 dkowen: The Owl Channel's Deets and Treats Report: Total 9: Roy 3 gopher’s, 1 mouse, Dale 3 gophers, 2 small rabbits

Video from mrdrake.

This one is too cute not to post, too.
This one is from the Owl Channel.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anjuliz/8655478663/in/photostream

One more. This is "The Lucky Mouse" from debbiemango. Watch the front door at the end.