My wife and I live near a lake with a lot of trees. Two baby Barn Owls apparently fell out of their nest and landed in our yard. Our dog had them cornered before we intervened - the owls were screaming and the dog was barking. The owls were so young they could not fly yet. But they sure could scream! We rescued them from our dog and brought them in our house. I dropped a towel on them and they quickly calmed down. We put them in our guest bathroom behind the shower doors in the bathtub. We kept them for 2 weeks. We fed them feeder mice starting with "pinkies" then "fuzzies". Eventually, we upgraded their diet to "hoppers". Just before we let the owls go, we fed them live small adult mice. They gobbled them up. We let the owls go a few weeks ago. We thought we'd never see them again. The very next night after releasing them (to our delight) both of them returned to a tree nearest our house. They were squawking like crazy standing side by side, wing to wing. Right after sunset they return to our trees every night and start their hunting activity. Besides the palm trees, they seem to prefer the dome cover that sits on top of our fireplace. Based on the number of pellets we see every day, they're not having any problem finding something to eat. We feel very lucky that we had the opportunity to save those helpless little guys. Apparently, our home has become their home.
This episode takes me back to when I was a little kid,watching David Attenborough at any opportunity!,,now I'm 50 something,and still watching him at any opportunity! And I'm watching it on an iPad in my armchair!👌
Oh, me, too! Sir David Attenborough has been educating me my entire life. He is the voice of wonderment of the natural world. I am grateful for his dedication, for bringing us the beauty of so much of this world into our homes. My life and education wouldn't have been as rich without him.
@@johnthegodfatherslack Technology often looks to the natural world for inspiration. Computers are based on our own brains, aviation based on the flight of birds. Maybe there's a meeting of interests between yours and your son's that neither of you are aware.
I first saw a documentary about Barn Owls when I was about 4 or 5 years old. Ever since then, they have been my all time favourite bird. I've only seen one in the wild once, but it was a sight I'll never forget. Such beautiful creatures
Seriously thank you for posting this classic wildlife documentary been searching for it for thirty years. Wish the BBC would make such films available alas they only sell films about sharks and tigers.
I have two of them that show up every night in my carport to crap on my cars. Worst than geese as far as the mess is concerned. They also leave their pellets all over the place. Despite their messy calling cards, they are most welcome since they keep the rodent population down in my pasture and are interesting to watch. I'm thinking of putting a nesting box out in the sheep barn where they hang out during the day.
Thank you, Mr & Mrs Barn Owl for sharing your life & babies with me. It was wonderful to hear your babies screeching for you to feed them. Now that they've fledged, I miss you all! Thank you for cleaning up the rodent population in the area. I hope you'll come back and have another clutch of eggs, raising more beautiful babies just like yourselves. Good luck young barn owls! You've given me much happiness and enriched my life beyond measure.
Brilliant I love barn owls along with swifts are my favourite birds there's a barn owl along the river adur in West Sussex which I've seen for the past three years . Best thing I'd ever seen when I first saw it .
Had my first encounter with barn owls last week. Last night I photographed the owlets hanging out in front of the owl box opening. They're about 9-12 weeks old with a 3rd owlet being younger than the first two. They're amazing birds.
Wow, great video, it answered so many questions that newer videos don't. However, a bit graphic, poor owls that get trapped and killed! :( It does move one to do something to help the wildlife. Thank you!
Yeah, first broadcast on 19th July 1977. The 'Wildlife on One' titles are included. The film was in David's personal collection of films and was digitised for him by @Allstarfilm for this channel.
@@DavidCobham Thats awesome. I am currently trying to find and preserve everything that Sir David Attenborough did or participated in, and the older show like the early Wildlife at One can be pretty hard to find. Thats one less episode, only about 75 to go!
I once was close to being arrested because of a Tawny owl, I caught a juvenile delinquent trying to rob a nest box I set up on my land , 16 years old is plenty enough age for a head butt 😂 the little bastard won't be doing that again.
The barn owl is one of the most wide-ranging birds in the world, found in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australasia. Barn owls do not hoot, instead emitting a long, eerie screech. They also hiss, snore and yap. With its asymmetrical ears, the barn owl has the most acute hearing of any animal. The barn owl is recognisable by its ghostly pale colour and heart-shaped facial disc.
Me too I don't recall a time that I didn't know of David but I also don't recall a time I've seen him quite so young. After reading the very next comment I understand why I don't recall seeing him so young. I'm 42 and apparently he made this film in 1976 so even if I could remember my birth this was still made the year prior to it.
The barn owl is a bird as emblematic in the nostalgia of English rural life and culture as is the hedgerow, the ploughman and the dairymaid. Sad to see its numbers decline so drastically.
Thanks to the videographer. There should be more informative animal and bird videos so people who don't follow wildlife can beome more sympathis to their plight.
I was going to say that you should post videos of your owl but I see that you have (and I am watching after this). As for the head twist, are you sure? I was curious and I googled this but all info on the internet agrees and supports that the maximum head twist is only 270 degrees.
This is mostly sad 😞They live only 1-2 years in the wild + what mankind does. We need many more “ falconry” in the places they live. They.have “horrid”, features as well as the beautiful. But O how sweet they are when raised by people who are loving & kind to them. The sweetest fluff of LOVE one could ever have in their lives. See. “ Vegan Jippsey” who raised her own barn owl..Lookie”, the bond between those 2 is incredible 💖. She also teaches & much of the time “ Lookie”, is right w/ her, being fun as usual.You can find her on “ You Tube”.
My wife and I live near a lake with a lot of trees. Two baby Barn Owls apparently fell out of their nest and landed in our yard. Our dog had them cornered before we intervened - the owls were screaming and the dog was barking. The owls were so young they could not fly yet. But they sure could scream! We rescued them from our dog and brought them in our house. I dropped a towel on them and they quickly calmed down. We put them in our guest bathroom behind the shower doors in the bathtub. We kept them for 2 weeks. We fed them feeder mice starting with "pinkies" then "fuzzies". Eventually, we upgraded their diet to "hoppers". Just before we let the owls go, we fed them live small adult mice. They gobbled them up. We let the owls go a few weeks ago. We thought we'd never see them again. The very next night after releasing them (to our delight) both of them returned to a tree nearest our house. They were squawking like crazy standing side by side, wing to wing. Right after sunset they return to our trees every night and start their hunting activity. Besides the palm trees, they seem to prefer the dome cover that sits on top of our fireplace. Based on the number of pellets we see every day, they're not having any problem finding something to eat. We feel very lucky that we had the opportunity to save those helpless little guys. Apparently, our home has become their home.
It's more of a screeching sound than a scream. They make that noise to ward of prediters and to say I'm not very nice to eat.
For me, they were trying to say: "Thank you!" 🥰
This episode takes me back to when I was a little kid,watching David Attenborough at any opportunity!,,now I'm 50 something,and still watching him at any opportunity! And I'm watching it on an iPad in my armchair!👌
SIR David Attenborough..... Youre OUR National Treasure
Sir David is so young! He is a personal hero of mine.
Matthew Karns and mine too, and my fathers before me. Alas my son does not share the same interest, technology got him.
Oh, me, too! Sir David Attenborough has been educating me my entire life. He is the voice of wonderment of the natural world. I am grateful for his dedication, for bringing us the beauty of so much of this world into our homes. My life and education wouldn't have been as rich without him.
@@johnthegodfatherslack Technology often looks to the natural world for inspiration. Computers are based on our own brains, aviation based on the flight of birds. Maybe there's a meeting of interests between yours and your son's that neither of you are aware.
@@KatherineUribe-1 mine neither.
Barn owls are my absolute favorite owls ❤️🦉
When two Davids, Cobham and Attenborough, collab then expect a miracle like this one. Gem of a natural history documentary 💎❤
I was so pleased to find this old documentary really enjoyed it. No dramatics, just good classroom teaching.
I first saw a documentary about Barn Owls when I was about 4 or 5 years old. Ever since then, they have been my all time favourite bird. I've only seen one in the wild once, but it was a sight I'll never forget. Such beautiful creatures
Seriously thank you for posting this classic wildlife documentary been searching for it for thirty years. Wish the BBC would make such films available alas they only sell films about sharks and tigers.
Our Lord /God is a Genius
Great... I will watch another.
Sir D.A. is da best!!!
What a great little film. I love Barn Owls AND Sir David Attenborough, so you made my day ! Thank you very much
amazing video, barn owl looks so pretty with black eyes
I have two of them that show up every night in my carport to crap on my cars. Worst than geese as far as the mess is concerned. They also leave their pellets all over the place. Despite their messy calling cards, they are most welcome since they keep the rodent population down in my pasture and are interesting to watch. I'm thinking of putting a nesting box out in the sheep barn where they hang out during the day.
harpy queen I know your comment is, like, 2yrs old, but did you ever get a nest box for 'em?
@@spellwing777 I know your comment is from a year ago but I literally was going to ask the same thing. I love owls ❤
happyforu
I'd love for my house to host a barn owl.
The noise and the smell would be horrendous
“Garden” not a house
Thank you, Mr & Mrs Barn Owl for sharing your life & babies with me. It was wonderful to hear your babies screeching for you to feed them. Now that they've fledged, I miss you all! Thank you for cleaning up the rodent population in the area. I hope you'll come back and have another clutch of eggs, raising more beautiful babies just like yourselves. Good luck young barn owls! You've given me much happiness and enriched my life beyond measure.
Excellent video. Thanks so much for sharing!
UA-cam be like: *Let's recommend this after 10 years!*
Great to see this old documentary! Thanks for posting it online.
I very much enjoyed seeing this show from 1976. I would love to see more. Thanks for posting!
I love owls 🦉
Brilliant I love barn owls along with swifts are my favourite birds there's a barn owl along the river adur in West Sussex which I've seen for the past three years . Best thing I'd ever seen when I first saw it .
I wish I had a barn owl, their so pretty.
I love owls!!!
Thank you so much for posting this! :)
tHANKS FOR THE UPLOADING :)
hi david hope your keeping well, greay upload i injoyed that very much,, ATB john
that's a very young David Attenborough
This video is from 1977, so he was already 50 or 51
I love the airy music in the end! hahaha
Lovely documentary. Pity about the credits at the end, guess it was 1970s.
Thanks for the upload
The private life of the barn owl is no longer private due to the NSA surveillance of his barn
What's that?
Thank you sir for decades of amazing expirience and knowledge.
Such an iconic bird and so beautiful
Had my first encounter with barn owls last week. Last night I photographed the owlets hanging out in front of the owl box opening. They're about 9-12 weeks old with a 3rd owlet being younger than the first two. They're amazing birds.
Wow, great video, it answered so many questions that newer videos don't. However, a bit graphic, poor owls that get trapped and killed! :( It does move one to do something to help the wildlife. Thank you!
Always get a chance to see one of these flying near a barn early in the morning.
That owl right in the beginning skipped leg day lol. It's so nice to see David Attenborough#!!!!
Under experimental conditions!!! ( tosses in a mouse ) LOL ... I literally laughed out loud ..... that was too funny.... I’m still chuckling
That ending...
What the fuck that was so creepy aha
Wonderful birds. If I lived in the farm and owls were nerby. Happily would build a nest for them.
That's actually Wildlife on One Episode 01 of Season 2, thanks! Where did you get this by the way, did you transfer it yourself?
Yeah, first broadcast on 19th July 1977.
The 'Wildlife on One' titles are included.
The film was in David's personal collection of films and was digitised for him by @Allstarfilm for this channel.
@@DavidCobham Thats awesome. I am currently trying to find and preserve everything that Sir David Attenborough did or participated in, and the older show like the early Wildlife at One can be pretty hard to find. Thats one less episode, only about 75 to go!
How wonderful to hear. Glad @DavidCobham's channel could help. Best of luck!
RIP David Cobham
gret i loved it it helps me with my school work great job!
I too love owls
Rip David Cobham 🙏
dem good
I once was close to being arrested because of a Tawny owl, I caught a juvenile delinquent trying to rob a nest box I set up on my land , 16 years old is plenty enough age for a head butt 😂 the little bastard won't be doing that again.
The barn owl is one of the most wide-ranging birds in the world, found in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australasia. Barn owls do not hoot, instead emitting a long, eerie screech. They also hiss, snore and yap. With its asymmetrical ears, the barn owl has the most acute hearing of any animal. The barn owl is recognisable by its ghostly pale colour and heart-shaped facial disc.
I'm impressed that this archaic footage has survived into the UA-cam era
Me too I don't recall a time that I didn't know of David but I also don't recall a time I've seen him quite so young. After reading the very next comment I understand why I don't recall seeing him so young. I'm 42 and apparently he made this film in 1976 so even if I could remember my birth this was still made the year prior to it.
Ngl, ending music is a bit threatning
I chose this as my owl name for our Brownie unit! :)
Amazingly created by all mighty God himself,just like He created you & me☺
She Ramiro She created you and me.
Hearing sight!
The little ones are cute as hell, little fuzzballs
That video quality tho. Thank you context clues!
I am going to get a barn owl in a fue days/weeks!!!
+David Taylor Lucky you!!!!!
1970's anybody?
Great video mate
more barnowl great
The barn owl is a bird as emblematic in the nostalgia of English rural life and culture as is the hedgerow, the ploughman and the dairymaid. Sad to see its numbers decline so drastically.
Did he just compare an owl to a "flying cat"
oh my gosh, where and when did that sir get a Rowlet?
:O
Thanks to the videographer. There should be more informative animal and bird videos so people who don't follow wildlife can beome more sympathis to their plight.
not enough barns
Also not enough fields with rough grassland. To many meadows and fields are ploughed over theses days.
OMG this David Attenborough sounds different from the current one =x
The sound cuts out quite often.
Owl of Ca'Hoole
*Guardians Of Ga'hoole
+jrmetmoi Best movie and second best book series EVER!!!!!!!! (The first book series is Warrior Cats.)
Angers me the condition of that poor barn owl in Bangkok looks very underweight
It depends what the starting point of the head is,facing forward it can rotate 270 degreed in either direction
You are intelligent mind my friend, exactly what I am saying.The barn owl rotate their heads 380 degrees plus.
Is it possible to get this on DVD?
6:26 I can't believe it,holy shit,it's a flippin Cracked Walnut face,Un-be-league-able
Where did barn owls nest before barns?
مذهل حقا 😜
They are thought to be signs of bad omen in most Kenyan societies, if it lands on your house at night you have to chase it away with fire. LOL
why are people so stupid? its an animal.
wots that hot dark ambient track at the end? :~))))
movie looks old... but cool
bastards killing them
whats the citation for this documentary?
Can all owls rotate their heads like that
carpet of pellets?
+Bunnton Alters They regurgitate them, and lay them out along the bottom of their nest. (Or something like that)
Olwd!
The barn owl rotate the head 380 degrees ,not 250 degrees ,you are mistaken ,my friend .I live with a barn owl ,24 hours a day.
I was going to say that you should post videos of your owl but I see that you have (and I am watching after this). As for the head twist, are you sure? I was curious and I googled this but all info on the internet agrees and supports that the maximum head twist is only 270 degrees.
Easy to understand it my friend.Human rotate their head 180 degrees ,if you understand human rotation ,you understand barn owls rotation,as well.
anthony sultana
bruh i can barely rotate my head 90 degrees
:)
a young david
What does the Owl say?
This is mostly sad
😞They live only 1-2 years in the wild + what mankind does. We need many more “ falconry” in the places they live. They.have “horrid”, features as well as the beautiful. But O how sweet they are when raised by people who are loving & kind to them. The sweetest fluff of LOVE one could ever have in their lives. See. “ Vegan Jippsey” who raised her own barn owl..Lookie”, the bond between those 2 is incredible 💖. She also teaches & much of the time “ Lookie”, is right w/ her, being fun as usual.You can find her on “ You Tube”.
Kind of weird to hear a young attenbourough
19:05 i just burst out laughing
I don't know I just picture like on a first date or something "want to see my baby barn owl death graph" while breathing heavily
hahahaha
was that David Attenbrough
Sarah Lukina yep,but in his younger years.
😂
15:51
How is it private if your recording.
They set up cameras while not actually being present while it's recording.
fly cat . think t-shirt. barn owls the fly cats. build barn owl box today put post or barn. see t-shirts say that.
I thought video was very interesting.
video so old