{"id":2701,"date":"2016-07-29T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T15:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2016-07-29T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T15:10:07","slug":"fledgling-owls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/?p=2701","title":{"rendered":"Fledgling Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Wakefield, the tawny owl family is doing well. One of the youngsters left the nestbox earlier this week and a second one has been preparing to go by scrambling up to the entrance hole. As well as bringing in birds and small mammals, the adults have been seen feeding frogs to the youngsters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2703\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2703\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2703\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawny-1-290716.jpg\" alt=\"The first tawny chick to leave the box.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawny-1-290716.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawny-1-290716-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawny-1-290716-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first tawny chick to leave the box.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2702\" style=\"width: 609px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2702\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2702\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawny-2-290716.jpg\" alt=\"The second chick trying to get to the entrance.\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawny-2-290716.jpg 599w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawny-2-290716-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawny-2-290716-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The second chick trying to get to the entrance.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is lots of dense ivy and a large Lleylandii hedge close to the box to provide the necessary cover in which fledgelings can hide during the daytime.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2701-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawnies-clip.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawnies-clip.mp4\">http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tawnies-clip.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Young barn owls at a site in the Wakefield area have grown well and have been starting to look outside their nestbox this week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2705\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2705\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2705\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barn-owls-1a-290716.jpg\" alt=\"Young barn owls.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barn-owls-1a-290716.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barn-owls-1a-290716-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barn-owls-1a-290716-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young barn owls.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Wakefield, the tawny owl family is doing well. One of the youngsters left the nestbox earlier this week and a second one has been preparing to go by scrambling up to the entrance hole. 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