Today, we went out around 10 a.m., trapped until 2:30 p.m., broke for lunch, then went back out at 3:30 p.m. till 8:30 p.m. Long day, but it was such a successful trapping day. We got a total of 14 owls, 3 with geolocators. More great pics coming your way...Oh, Danielle has this awesome SLR camera with a 400 mm lens. She has taken a lot of pics of me, but I won't get them till later this month because she leaves tomorrow, then comes back on the 11th of May. So, I will post those pics then. For now, here are the ones from my camera.
Entrance of a burrow with a lot of white wash (poop) on the top.
Entrance of a burrow that has been plugged by pocket gophers
Box trap at entrance
Putting flea powder on the owl (it doesn't hurt the owl, and yes they get fleas)
Danielle at a burrow
Banded owl (see right leg) inside a trap
Old warehouse that is riddled with pigeons
Warehouse...kind of eery
Warehouse again...we were looking for Barn owls
Measuring the tail feather of the owl
Saturday sunset
These are great-owls burrows..what are pocket gopher ans why do they block the burrows?
ReplyDeletePocket gophers are rodents that dig and live in the ground. So, they like to plug up these burrows a lot because they are in their way, and they don't like it. The owls actually eat these pocket gophers too.
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