Southern by choice
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This is a really great school project as well.
It is fun to take the regurgitated pellets and go through them and see what the owls are eating. Of course you know mice but it is interesting to find what else.
One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update
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This is a really great school project as well.
It is fun to take the regurgitated pellets and go through them and see what the owls are eating. Of course you know mice but it is interesting to find what else.
babsbag
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That is really cool about the owl. I hear owls here in the summer and a few years ago I had a Great Horned Owl courting a mate. I could hear him call and her answer but I never could see them.
Sounds like you got a lot done, time goes by so fast when you are busy.
Sounds like you got a lot done, time goes by so fast when you are busy.
Mike CHS
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It is always nice to see things get done. We have a Red Wing Hawk that I enjoy watching but not sure I will when we get chickens.
NH homesteader
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We have a pair of owls. They are so cool to watch. Haven't been dive bombed yet though! Lol
And Mike no, no you will not enjoy the hawk when you get chickens. You will hate the hawk and the government protection it has!
And Mike no, no you will not enjoy the hawk when you get chickens. You will hate the hawk and the government protection it has!
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OneFineAcre
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He or She is a beautiful Barred Owl
Maurine got me the other day and said I needed to come see what was in the feeder on out milk stand
So there was this gross looking stuff in the feeder
So I scooped it out and could
see a claw
It was a crawfish and all that was left was one claw
And he or she is not really afraid of us
Maurine got me the other day and said I needed to come see what was in the feeder on out milk stand
So there was this gross looking stuff in the feeder
So I scooped it out and could
see a claw
It was a crawfish and all that was left was one claw
And he or she is not really afraid of us
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NH homesteader
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Very cool. That's what ours are too. Also not afraid of us.
Cell phone picture at night so poor quality but you get the idea.
Cell phone picture at night so poor quality but you get the idea.
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Cool pic!!!
Southern by choice
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Before our dogs came on the scene we lost several birds a week to hawks. It was awful. We had a very large poultry farm with 17 varieties. 250-300 free range birds.
LGD's= NO hawks.
You folks have your own personal mice and vermin eradication system and it involves a beautiful bird of prey! How awesome is that?! I've heard owls here at night calling in the distance but haven't seen any close by. I have seen a number of hawks/falcons around the property, but don't have chickens yet so no big deal yet. Mel was growling at an armadillo outside the back fence a week or so ago but I didn't have the .22 set up yet so he got a pass. Saw a possum crossing the road the other night on my return from dinner. Have heard coyotes just about every night on virtually all sides of me but only close once or twice and not so close that they got Mel fired up. We also have the big black vultures that circle but they haven't been real thick yet around me. Mel has been howling a few times of late... at what I have no idea... no fire trucks or any wildlife close that I was aware of. Much deeper than a coyote howl.
Hens and Roos
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That's really neat- we have a pair of Bald eagles that made a nest about half mile away from us- they've been there at least 10 years now. They fly over but so far haven't bothered any of our animals.
