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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE => Topic started by: Cockatoo on March 19, 2009, 01:17:29 pm

Title: Look WHOOOO is in my backyard
Post by: Cockatoo on March 19, 2009, 01:17:29 pm

 :-D

We've had them for the past 12 years or so now.

(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4778/owlinbox.th.jpg) (http://img12.imageshack.us/my.php?image=owlinbox.jpg)

The chicks look like this.
 :-D

(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7453/babyowl3.th.jpg) (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=babyowl3.jpg)

Title: Re: Look WHOOOO is in my backyard
Post by: reinbeau on March 19, 2009, 02:39:51 pm

Aw, sweet!  Are they screech owls?

Title: Re: Look WHOOOO is in my backyard
Post by: Cockatoo on March 19, 2009, 02:48:06 pm

Yes, they're Eastern Screech Owls.
They're so used to us that the hen will fly to the  back deck and watch us in the house sometimes.  :-D

Title: Re: Look WHOOOO is in my backyard
Post by: JordanM on March 19, 2009, 08:42:30 pm

cool, two years ago i built a screech owl house after seing one in our backyard and they only thing that moved in it were squirels.

Title: Re: Look WHOOOO is in my backyard
Post by: TwT on March 19, 2009, 08:57:36 pm

I like that, do you have the dimensions on the house you built? I would like to build a couple for myself...

Title: Re: Look WHOOOO is in my backyard
Post by: Cockatoo on March 19, 2009, 09:59:51 pm

Here' s the site I send folks to for plans. (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/wascreechowlplan.html)

Title: Re: Look WHOOOO is in my backyard
Post by: JP on March 20, 2009, 12:45:19 am

This is what shows up in those boxes down here

(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7506/cimg2830.th.jpg) (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg2830.jpg)

(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7239/cimg2831.th.jpg) (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg2831.jpg)

(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4416/cimg2832.th.jpg) (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg2832.jpg)


...JP