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You could also use a hard-wired security system like this to record owls actually in the box with the young. Just make sure you install it before you mount the box in the tree and it becomes occupied! | You could also use a hard-wired security system like this to record owls actually in the box with the young. Just make sure you install it before you mount the box in the tree and it becomes occupied! | ||
=====Why ''Wise Old Owl''?===== | |||
This is only me personal view but apart from actually looking intelligent, when watching the owls behaviour on camera we've often seen them sitting on a branch for more than a hour or two before moving back to the box or off out hunting. This puts you in mind of them sitting and thinking! Where we see behaviour it's probably not hunting as they are over a massive bramble patch which would prevent them landing on the ground. | |||
=====Barn Owl Synchronised Pair Video===== | =====Barn Owl Synchronised Pair Video===== | ||
<YouTube>https://youtu.be/gIiATdETEbI</YouTube> | <YouTube>https://youtu.be/gIiATdETEbI</YouTube> | ||
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=====Evidence that you have Barn Owls===== | =====Evidence that you have Barn Owls===== | ||
When we did our [https://www.churchfarmstowbardolph.co.uk/activity/nature-walks/ evening nature walk with Nigel, a local gamekeeper from Church Farms, Stow Bardolph], he showed us underneath where barn owls had been perching. | When we did our [https://www.churchfarmstowbardolph.co.uk/activity/nature-walks/ evening nature walk with Nigel, a local gamekeeper from Church Farms, Stow Bardolph], he showed us underneath where barn owls had been perching. | ||
Their scat or faeces is very white, almost chalky due to the high protean carnivorous diet. There's very little evidence of solid matter though, almost all from liquid it seems. Look around the ground under trees near you owl box for evidence of this - it's pretty obvious once you spot it. It was even seen under where the owl [[#Barn Owl on our washing line!|sat on our washing line]]. | Their scat or faeces is very white, almost chalky due to the high protean carnivorous diet. There's very little evidence of solid matter though, almost all from liquid it seems. Different owls seem to use different perches, but very often the same perches, which increases the chance of seeing their scat. Look around the ground under trees near you owl box for evidence of this - it's pretty obvious once you spot it. It was even seen under where the owl [[#Barn Owl on our washing line!|sat on our washing line]]. | ||
<gallery widths=300px heights=300px perrow=5> | <gallery widths=300px heights=300px perrow=5> | ||
Image:White scat from barn owls.jpg|A barn owl has been sitting above here! | Image:White scat from barn owls.jpg|A barn owl has been sitting above here! | ||