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The Stone Owl has their first egg!  :clap: Hope all goes well this year.  

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As long as them Pigeons stay away. Great news....I was waiting for the 1st egg.

Trouble again with the Stone Owl and the Pigeon.Female Stone Owl is in the nest too.

Greetings Carla

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What drama between the 2 every year. Them pigeons are feisty!

The Stone Owl laid her first egg this AM!!   :clap:

It  says there is still fights between the owls and the pigeons but YAY for that little owl.Thanks

 :yes:  ;D

invite a few peregrines in--they should take care of the pidgeon problem :devil:

2 eggs for Stone Owl. The video on the right shows the pigeon looking in as she lays her 2nd egg.

(Note to Mods, there are 2 threads here for same Owl, can you please combine them) Thank you, want to keep it simple.

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3 eggs for the little Stone Owls!!   :clap:

 :mbanana:  :star: :star: :star:

4 eggs!!!!    :clap:

Both pigeons have momma owl cornered in her nest, They won't let her out.

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The 3rd video on the right shows mom Owl grabbing hold of the pigeons tail feathers and won't let go. Every year, the same scenario with these pigeons. You'd think they would learn by now.  :(

There's a large Pigeon feather in the Owl box now and the 4/25 video shows there was quite a scuffle between the two.

The standoff is going on right now!  The owl wants to go out and get something to eat (I presume) and the pigeons won't let her.  Where the male owl is, I don't know.   

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/steenuil (http://www.beleefdelente.nl/steenuil) 1st video on the right!  :scaredblue:  :scaredblue: Brutal!

10:02 p.m., Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Google translate

Our owl woman has had enough, that's clear. A long time, they pigeon hole tolerated, but once they want to hatch eggs and quiet, she thinks it is enough. On the beautifully made ​​clip is easy to see how she first slips around the pigeon. While she still sits on the shelf, she thinks. She goes back into the vestibule and literally pops up on the pigeon. The springs literally flying around. We will still have to see whether the birds really seen it, but our woman has her point. The pigeons will have to move to another place to breed, or waiting for the little owls are ready. The latter is not a problem, pigeons can be two or three times a year cubs. The little owls have it once did. This also partly explains the vehemence of the owls. For them there is no second chance.

The Stone Owl only has one breeding a year,The Holenduif (Stock Dove) in English can do three times or more.So she has to find another hole.At least she did not come back today and I hope not tomorrow eather.Next year they are going to make the nestbox more suitable for the Stone Owl.Years ago there where Barn Owls in this box.

Greetings Carla

Barn owls...nice! Thanks Carla!

That would be great if they got a better nestbox for the Stone Owl.  That poor Dove lost a lot of feathers in that last fight!   

They're BAAAACK! Momma is stuck inside again!

Oh NO Not Again...............

YES!!! They don't give up. Mom and dad Pigeon were both guarding the exit so momma owl couldn't leave. Oh I feel bad for her!! Dad owl needs to give them a tug or 2 also.

They didn't stay,it's quiet now . Dad is giving her Frogs,see video 28-04.Grrrrrr...............

Oh My Word....Kikkers, your not kidding, they are still kikkin! Ew! Looks like momma is hoarding her food in the corner.

Good day for frogs or bad day... depending on which side of the coin you're on!

Some banding pics from the Owls today on the NL site. So cute

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 Eagle Owl-love them-those eyes!!   

Looks like the Stone Owls are hatching and the pigeons have laid eggs in the nest also. Dad Owl just booted the pigeon out. So much drama there every year with those darn pigeons. They just don't give up!!

Hi Donna,
The egg you see in the front room (VP)is one of the stone owls , see video 15 -5.
They think there is something wrong with the egg.See video 10-5.
You can hear the eggs peeping ,video 's 20-5.Hatchlings any moment now.
Greetings Carla

Figures, the only video I didn't watch. Wow, she carried it out. Thanks Carla, that's what I get for not watching them all. Amazing how she knew! Saw the 5-10 video last week , just thought why does she keep knocking that when she leaves.

First hatch today!  :clap:

Pigeons are at it again!!

Don't they learn?

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/steenuil (http://www.beleefdelente.nl/steenuil) 1st video on the right

On the 5/23 video, they had a vicious fight too!  

2 weeks old....look how big!

I watch them every evening and it gives me the creeps.

Another fight on 6/6 video!  Check out how cute the babies are now and those wings!   

Sheesh!! The 2 Owlettes are so cute.

Oh my goodness they are precious!  :chick3: :chick3: ;D

In the video of 6/25 , the pigeon got into a fight with the 2 Owlettes in the hallway chasing one of them completely out of the box!  :(

OMG, how awful...dern pigeons!! Hope someone rescues the poor baby owl!! The pigeon was bringing nesting material back in. Do they ever learn??

Here's the translate: This morning while most of us are on a ear layers, one of the two cubs under the wings of the dove flew by outside. He got a few tricks of the wing the birds to handle and slipped out. The other was the young brood space. The dove came in as the two youngsters were in the porch and was determined to go to the nest. We now have a stone placed on the sloping shelf, making it less attractive to birds is to breed. Or they give up the breeding efforts, we will we have to wait, but they are very persistent this year. The chick that was hatched can very well save him now 36 days old, an average uitvliegleeftijd. No doubt he's somewhere in one of the trees in the yard or in the shed next door. The other young will not last much longer in coming. The clip will later today (or tomorrow) can be placed.

On the 6/23 video, you see a man place something to deter the pigeons from nesting.  It's obvious they've got to change something next year-this is ridiculously stressful for both the Owls and Pigeons!

They need to make the box entry the same size as the nest entry so the pigeon can't get in.  Seems such a simple solution......can't imagine why they haven't done it.

Maybe I'll write to them and suggest that nyc! Every year, the same thing with these pigeons.

He's gone!
Translated

Mixed feelings: satisfaction that he is so fine and flew out without any problems, but also a little: too bad, it's over. At one week, what I say months of passion comes to an abrupt end. We know that it's coming, but still. He will undoubtedly side with the oak to be flown. Possibly because he is greeted by his siblings left the nest earlier. For the parents it is so easy so now they simply a place to perform. In the coming weeks, they remain - in decreasing order, though - depending on their parents. They learn to fly fast enough, they all but caught himself a mouse, that's another story. There only concern the exercise of art.

We have a great season so far. On April 18 the first egg on 20 May the first young and now on June 27 last the young into the world. The next day we will look back at some highlights. And ... grab the pigeon finally their chance? Or have they deterred by the group board and stone. We still have a few days before the Friday the sky cams off. Who knows what else happens!

Thanks Donna,

Yes he/she's gone.No pigeons in the way this time.It was great to see and at the same time very sad.Mom or dad game with a prey,but the little one wasn't there anymore.Mixed emotions.

Greetings Carla

I love watching these little Owls each year-sad now that they're gone but glad that they made it after all the trouble with the Pigeons.

What's happened to these Owls..I see nothing in the box?

I saw one in there a couple weeks ago!