Tawny Owl Courtship: Their Love Story So Far | Luna & Bomber | Robert E Fuller
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2021
- It is midwinter, there’s snow on the ground and Luna, our female tawny owl, is sitting on a clutch of eggs which she laid in late January. This is the earliest I’ve known tawny owls to lay here at Fotherdale Farm.
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Tawny owl courtship
The courtship between female tawny owl Luna and her mate Bomber began early and due to the surveillance cameras here at Fotherdale we have been able to watch their romance blossom.
An old couple
This owl pair have been together for a few breeding seasons and have raised several chicks here. They don't always chose to nest inside one of my bespoke nest boxes so I can follow the story on film. So this is very exciting!
Identifying this tawny owl pair on camera
Similar in size, neither bird wears an identification tag so it can be hard to tell them apart. But there are subtle differences in colouring. Bomber's face has heavy features with ginger markings above and below his large eyes. Luna has a more grey coloured facial disc.
Find Luna's scar
Luna also has a scar across her right foot, which is a handy identifier when watching the birds inside the nest box at night
Experienced parents & even foster parents
Last year this tawny owl pair raised six chicks here, two of them rescued chicks, named Eric and Ernie.
Courtship begins with a search for new nest sites
As soon as these chicks fledged, the pair began to look forward to the next breeding season and by late October they were spotted in my Beech Stump nest box together - a sign they hoped to nest here.
Followed by territorial flights
To secure the site, they had to fight off a squirrel and a barn owl. Watch them work together to evict the barn owl.
Pair bonding
By the new year the tawny owl couple were spending more and more time in the nest together, reaffirming their long-established bond. Listen to the noises they make and watch as they lovingly preen one another. They also work together to keep house and you can see Bomber shoring up a hole in the box and Luna tidying up.
Egg laying
By January, we spotted Luna dig a shallow nest scrape. This sallow indent in the floor of the nest site is all that owls will do to prepare for their eggs. Watch how she settles down into a comfortable position and, after a few hours, she’s laid her first egg.
First egg left alone
I was shocked when Luna abruptly left the nest. It was night and the temperature outside was freezing. Tawny owls are normally very protective over their eggs and this one was alone until Bomber arrived the following morning. It looks as if he goes off to find Luna, because she soon returns and settles down to incubate.
Second egg laid
This time Bomber stayed close, offering support as Luna laid. Just listen to those affectionate calls.
Protecting the eggs
At two eggs, this tawny owl couple’s clutch is now complete. Now the pair must protect these eggs against the winter weather and even against some unwanted visitors, including a wandering barn owl.
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Bomber sounded like an absolute sweetheart when he was comforting nervous mama Luna 😭💖💗💕 These 2 are precious
I’m so glad I found this channel. This is the best reality TV out there. Hands down.
Many thanks - welcome aboard.
Thank you 🙏 Robert 😊😊❤❤❤
Wonderful! Love these intimate insights into Bomber and Luna’s courtship and starting their family. It is sooo heartwarming and their calls are just magical. 🙏
Hearing their calls up close is so special! Very glad you enjoyed the video.
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Love to see this softer side of the tawney owls, who many of us who watch the barn owl streams regularly might think of the tawnies as bullies and aggressors.
Dear Robert, your channel is a gem! I love all your videos and characters you film, but Bomber and Luna stole my heart completely. Can't wait for the updates on their newly hatched owlets! ❤
Thank you.
Thank you for this video, you are so lucky to have all these owls around where you live. Thanks for sharing their wonderful lives with us.
This footage is amazing! Thank you for this:)🦉
Aw... Luna and Bomber 💕
🦉🦉--I wish them well also. I can't wait for little ones....
Tawnies are so beautiful and they have romantic voices
Lovely Robert, I was hoping Luna wasn't sick. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this amazing video, Luna and Bomber are such a sweet couple ! Can´t wait for their owlets to be hatched !
I really love the Tawny Owls. Barbara
Ther perfect video for Valentine's day :D It is amazing how strong bonds between the tawnies are.
Hi, Robert! Amazing video, Luna and Bomber are such a lovely couple! Thanks for sharing this great moment with us!!
I'm so happy all is well.Barbara
They are super cute owls. I adore them faces and eyes. Gorgeous birds. ❣
Cutie!!!
A wonderful and sweet couple!
Can't wait for baby chicks by end of month 🤞🤞🤞
Oh my gosh they are so brave😊❤❤
Thank you Robert! That's beautiful 😍
Glad you like it!
🦉🦊Thank you Robert for your answer! I am happy! 🤩🍀I love your art work and your work with wildlife!! I am passionned like you!! Tanks for your video!! I am an artist like you I work clay I make all animals! I love make barn owl!! 😁 I hope a one day meet you and see your work in yorkshire 🤞!! I live in France.. Sorry for my English vocabulary is not very good 😉 have good day 🦉🦔🦡
Your videos are amazing! Thank you for this great story telling👍
Thanks for watching!
Amazing thank you
Thank you for putting this together! I’ve grown to love this type of owl bc of all the details you shared.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I just love owls! And so also this video. ❤️😀
What a great video! Can't wait to see what happens next. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much for this wonderful video. All animals is so AMAZING creatures!!!🤩🤩🤩Regards from South Africa.!
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Egg1 might have been a ‘coping’ egg. To cope with last hard breeding. To feed herself
Yup
Thanks for the great video. Do you think the first egg is okay? It hasn't been kept warm in so long and I'm afraid that it has been harmed. But I don't know the Tawny Owls as well as I do the Barn Owls.
Glad you enjoyed it! I think the first egg is fine, if you notice, Bomber checks it when he enters on the first night and decides all is well. Since then, Luna has been vigilant and has brooded nearly 24/7! Fingers crossed that the eggs hatch successfully!
@@RobertEFuller Thanks for your answer. I hope too, all is good. We'll see it around February 24.
Excellent footage Robert, Im looking for a bit of advice, I have a tawny that has scraped in a box that I put up, I filmed it on trail cam but got the feeling it could see the Infra red so I removed the camera, do you use IR on yours
Yes I do use IR
@@RobertEFuller Thanks, Ill put it back up
I love Bomber and Luna but looking at them feathering in other videos they are low-key a menace
Are Tawny owls smaller than Barn owls?
No barn owls are smaller than tawny owls.
Was the curious owl Hans or Grete? They have a ring on their left leg.
The first fight was Finn, but I'll need to check who the owl at the end is. It def could be Hans or Grete
If egg 1 does go live she might even eat it
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What sweeties. Is that first egg dead?
I don't think so! Bomber checks it on his entry and decides all is well, and since then Luna has been a great mother and brooded the eggs almost constantly. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled, but hopefully we'll have two healthy chicks by the end of the month!
Tôi rất yêu lũ Chim
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First.
Yay!