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lørdag den 18. juni 2022

Sunday Selection - Eulogy Rewritten.

Det her bliver et indlæg med mange billeder. Jeg tror nemlig at det i uglereden på UgleTV er Uglemor, og ikke Uglefar, der er død, og det vil jeg gerne vise her.

Og Ups, jeg kom til at udgive i stedet for at planlægge. Det bliver stående, men der kommer atlså ikke et nyt i morgen - med mindre jeg finder et super-uglebillede selvfølgelig.

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This will be a very picture heavy post. Bear  with me while I tell you why I think it's Mommy owl, not Daddy owl that died in the OwlTV nest.

And oops I published instead of planning this post. Well it stays, but do not expexct a new post tomorrow- unless that is, that I find something really owly-interesting.
Begge ugler, Uglemor i reden mens Uglefar kigger på.
Both owls in the nest, Mommy inside with Daddy watching.

Først en  række billeder af en rugende Uglemor:
To begin with, some picthures of an incubating Mommy owl:







Så mit sidste billede af Uglemor. Desværre er hun næsten skjult af det grønne, men det skulle med.
My last picture of Mommy owl. I'm sorry she's half hidden by the greenery, but I had to show this.
12. juni 2022 kl. 13.42


Tre små ugleunger alene hjemme og venter på mor eller far.
Three little owlets waiting for mom or dad to show up.
12. juni 2022 kl. 20.50

     Fra de næste fire dage har jeg kun et par billeder af nuttede ugleunger alene i reden. Den overlevende ugle kom forbi flere gange og smed bytte ind i hulen, mus, rotter og en musvåge. Så fløj den igen. 
     Ugleungerne  nappede lidt i byttet og fik et par bidder, de få mus blev slugt hele. Men det gik ikke så godt med at få hul på rotterne. Uglen halverede en eller to af dem, og det hjalp.
     Den 16. om aftenen var Ugleklaus i reden, han skar det grønne ned, ringmærkede, tjekkede og vejede ungerne. De var fine.

  From the next four days I have only screenshots showing cute, downy owlets at home alone. The surviving owl brought prey to the nest. A buzzard, some mice and rats, and left again. The owlets ate from the buzzard, and swallowed the mice, but could not tackle the rats. The big owl bit a rat or two in halves, and this helped.
  Klaus was at the nest June 16 in the evening, he cut down the greenery, put rings on the owlets and weighed them. They were fine.
16. juni 2022 kl. 21 42.

     Næste gang uglen (og senest herfra var jeg sikker på at det var uglefar, så det er han fremover)  kom forbi, havde han vist forstået, at Uglemor ikke var der mere. Han parterede byttedyrene og fodrede ungerne.

When the owl (and at least here I was certain that the survivor was Daddy owl, so this is what I call him from now) next visited the nest, he had realized thet Mommy owl was not there to do her job. He split up the prey and gave some choice bits to the owlets.
Det ser ud som om de siger til Uglefar at han skal blive her og give dem mere mad og mere end mad.

It looks as if the owlets are telling Daddy owl that they need to be fed more, and more than to be fed.

Så fredag blev uglefar længe hos ugleungerne, først fodrede han dem, og så stod han bare i reden sammen med ugleungerne, der ser ud til at nyde det. Man kan se de fine ringe på ugleungernes ben.

Friday Daddy owl first fed the owlets, and then he just stayed in the nest, standing, but what. The owlets sure seem to enjoy his presence. Notice the rings on the owlets.


Denne del af indlægget slutter med et billede af tre stopmætte ugleunger, der døser  i aftensolen.

This part ends with a picture of three sated owlets dozing in the evening sun.
Friday June 17 at 19.48


- - - - - Uglemor eller Uglefar - - - - - Mommy or Daddy owl - - - - -

Der er et kommentarspor på UgleTV, og den 16. juni sagde jeg: "Uglefar er en gammel, erfaren han, der har været ved denne rede i mange år.
  Uglemor er en ny hun, der var 'nybegynder' sidste år, hvor hun blev skræmt af reden.
   Så skal jeg være helt ærlig, håber jeg at det er uglemor, der er omkommet. Uglefar har vist sine evner til at både tiltrække nye hunugler og være et ordentligt "skaffedyr". "
     Og jeg tror faktisk at jeg har ret, det ER uglefar der er den stadig levende voksne ugle.


OwlTV has a possibility for comments, and the evening of Jun 16, I said that "Daddy owl is an old, experienced male who has been at this nest for many years.
  Mommy Owl is a new female who was a 'newbie' last year when she was scared off the nest.
   So to be honest, I hope it is the female owl that has perished. Daddy Owl has shown his ability to both attract new female owls and be a proper 'scavenger'."
  And it seems I was right that Daddy owl is the one still surviving.

Billede fra 17. juni Uglefar nidstirrer os. Så vi kan rigtig se hans ansigt.

Picture from June 17. Daddy owl is staring at us. Here we have a chance to see his face properly.

Close up Uglefar - Daddy owl:

Close up MorUgle - Mommy owl.

For mig er det helt klart, at det ikke er samme ugle. Læg især mærke til farverne rundt om næbbet, Uglemor er helt grå, mens uglefar har et brunt 'overskæg'.

To me obviously not the same owl. Notice the colouration around the beak, Mommy owl is grey, whereas Daddy owl has a brown 'moustache'.

8 kommentarer:

  1. I am still sad, but very happy that the Owlets are thriving.

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    1. I am too, and with Daddy owl being the survivor, we can hope for live stream in 2023 as well.

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  2. One day (I do not remember the date) I was very surprised that the adult owl just dropped a rat and did not feed it to the owlets, not even made a tear or two to facilitate feeding for the owlets.

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    1. Yes, that was one of the things that made me think: "This is Daddy owl". He was sure that Mommy owl would come around and do her job eventaually.

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  3. I have never seen such clear owl photos. Thanks.

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    1. You have to thank the people behind the owl-livestream, I'm just 'stealing' screenies from that! UgleTV

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  4. You are very wise in the ways of owls, and i am sure you are right.

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    1. Thanks for the confidence I so hope I am rigth.

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