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===Progress of the Young Owl Fledglings=== | ===Progress of the Young Owl Fledglings=== | ||
Noddy | Our [[#Watching the Barn Owls|video camera system]] enables us to view the owls easily, even at night. We were able to see immediately the young owlets started to exercise on the landing platform, and eventually when they fledged. Sadly, only one of the pair eventually survived; the survivor we called Noddy because of its peculiar habit of head-bobbing. It's a known behaviour pattern of many owls, owls cannot move their eyes as we can as an owl's eyes are fixed in position. The head movement makes up for this limitation. However, we had never seen this behaviour from the parents and it's very obvious, even on the darkest night at a good distance as the infra-red camera shows their eyes as lights, bobbing and nodding. It's enabled us to distinguish Noddy from the parents (unless the parents have started nodding too!) | ||
===Key Facts about Barn Owls=== | ===Key Facts about Barn Owls=== | ||
; What they eat : Mice, voles, shrews and some larger mammals and small birds | ; What they eat : Mice, voles, shrews and some larger mammals and small birds | ||