SNN (ScrollingNetworkNews) ✿ ✿ Our Mel and Sydney returned to their nesting box with plenty of bonding occurring..but after 2.5 months of Sydney in the box from Dec 2013 to mid Feb 2014, the lack of prey gifts from Mel ( perhaps due to the severe and historic drought underway in California)and they have forgone the nesting process this year as many other raptors ✿ Compared to other owls of similar size, the Barn Owl has a much higher metabolic rate, requiring relatively more food. Pound for pound, Barn Owls consume more rodents – often regarded as pests by humans – than possibly any other creature. ✿ We remind viewers that sometimes owlets may not survive - the parents will dispose of things in "The Owl Way" -viewer discretion is advised, this is nature and the "Owl way". ✿ ~ ✿ “Animals, like us, are living souls. They are not things. They are not objects. Neither are they human. Yet they mourn. They love. They dance. They suffer. They know the peaks and chasms of being.” ― Gary Kowalski, The Souls of Animals ✿ Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius." ~ E.O. Wilson

Friday, April 12, 2013

Adventures with Mel and Syd


By Moobird
Adelaide & Hunter hatched & unfurled, no one was watching except for the world. 

They'’re growing quickly you'’ll not want to miss, 

when little pin feathers appear on their tushes. 

Watch each night & you’ll see, Mel bringing treats to his beloved Sydney. 

Join us in chat or lurk if you must, enjoy the cameras,
Kanga’s are the greatest!



Mel arrives early with his first treat of the night. Both owlets were fed almost every two hours last night.





Treat Report: 3 treats delivered: 1st - gopher 8:16pm ( ½ gone), 2nd - mouse slider 11:56pm (consumed), 3rd - med mouse slider 4:44am (pantry).