They'd been visiting "just looking" now and then, but in the early hours of this morning sweet MrsK was pounced upon and taken away. It will have been an instant death, I take comfort from that. And the GHOW will have had a meal.
Shortly afterwards the GHOW returned (if it was the same one) and gave the cavity a good going over! Surely it's too small? We shall see in the coming weeks.
The above videos are abbreviated but there's no significant activity missing. Hope I'm not duplicating you, Patticake, I know you sometimes follow. Love and commiseration to all.
Thank you for your video and report scylla! It's so sad to see but like you said, it was fast at least. Mrs. K picked a really bad neighborhood to live in and I had hoped to see a little kestrel family in there but a GHO family would be amazing, too! I would have thought the cavity was way too small for the GHO to walk into but I guess it's not as little as it looks or the GHO is not as big as I have it pictured in my mind. We shall see what happens from here.
Important to note that when the very nice, sweet Barn Owl came and saw Mrs. Kestrel inside her house the BO just said, "Oh excuse me. I didn't realize you were in here" and quietly and politely left so Mrs. K could go back to sleep. Once again it proves that the Barn Owl is precious. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I replaced my videos above, Patticake, because, in my terror and tension, I'd left out the fade transitions, which makes for unsmooth viewing and makes it look like there's been a glitch.
The GHOWs had visited before, more than once, and I was hoping they'd leave MrsK alone - but it would be awesome if the GHOWs decided to breed there. I also thought that the cavity would be too small but Pete has said that the cavity is very deep - an arm's length.
I haven't recovered yet, but if we decide to observe Nature we have to accept her as she is. I tell myself!
Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:28 am (Last edited: Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:08 am)
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