All six Barn Owl chicks are capable of feeding themselves now, although the smallest one still needs some help to break it up. He can’t quite manage a whole vole yet. in this snippet the two chicks are fighting over a vole. There’s really no need, since there is more than enough to go around. […]
Our 2019 and 2020 Owlcam footage has been recorded with a combination of miniature Sony Effio 700TVl cameras and cheap waterproof HD 1080P 3000TVL cameras, like the ones illustrated. All of the video has been captured either on an 8 channel AHD 1080N DVR like the one illustrated, connected to the cameras by lots of […]
https://youtu.be/43ypYIsPL4I The Barn Owl chicks are growing fast. There are at least 5 now, possibly 6. The largest two have their eyes open and are started to find food for themselves. In this clip the oldest chick has three attempts to eat a whole vole. Perhaps mum thinks he isn’t ready, since she takes it […]
This is a simple gallery summarising the butterflies and moths that we have discovered, photographed identified so far at Joffreny. Most of them have been photographed using a Sigma 150-600mm telephoto, because we can’t get close enough to use anything else. Many thanks to Nik Smith and Le Moulin de Pensol for help with identifying […]
Last night both Tawny Owl chicks left the nest, around 28 days from hatching. In this clip you can see the first chicks exploring the possibilities. He tried to climb up from the end of the perch, but there was nowhere to go! He ended up falling in the bush he landed safely though, as […]
The experiments continue with the Sigma 150-600mm telephoto lens. It is proving to be a great lens to use with insects that fly away if you try and get too close! While chasing butterflies I came across this Common Clubtail dragonly, flitting through the grass. He did stop long enough for me to take some […]
Betty has her hands full now feeding four chicks, and there are still 3 to hatch! It is interesting to see how she stimulates them by banging them on the beak with dead vole Eventually they seem to get used to snatching at the food, so hopefully they will soon start to feed themselves, and […]
The Barn Owl chicks are hatching and growing fast! in this clip we get a chance to see all four chicks that have hatched so far, while mum pops out to stretch her wings. It is interesting to see how helpless they are, barley able to lift the weight of their own heads. They certainly […]
We have never been able to get close enough to butterflies to photograph them properly. Perhaps it is something to do with my looming presence! But with Cara’s new Sigma 150-600mm telephoto lens I managed to get some passable shots of the “spotty ones[1]” and the “blue ones[1]”. Macro would be better, but this is […]
Barn Owl Supper for Four! During the massive lightning storm at Joffreny last night, the Barn Owls were having a quiet supper for 4. Sometime in the last day or so a third chick has hatched. It is amazing to see how one of the chicks is clearly under mother’s tail when she moves to […]
