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Hello Darryl,really wonderful to see this and very well filmed!! Greetings Gijs

@thailandwild4897

Жыл бұрын

Hello Gijs.... as always, many thanks for your enthusiasm. I'm sure you can very well appreciate how exciting it is to see some natural behaviour like this.

Brilliant observation! Amazing video!

@thailandwild4897

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. We were thrilled to catch the mating on film.

great video, ta.

@thailandwild4897

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot.

Fantastic footage I myself have a great fancy for owlets, smaller cuter counterparts to their goliath raptor cousins, to my knowledge quite a few species of owlets, especially the ones residing in South America, commonly live and bear young, in the hollow trunks of trees, out of reach for many predators apart from the occasional serpent that might slither up with malicious intent I suppose, I wonder if whether the owlets in Thailand might have the same tree- hole dwelling behavior?

@thailandwild4897

Жыл бұрын

I don't know about other owlets, but these Asian barred owlets typically nest in tree cavities, often ones that were previously made by woodpeckers and barbets. According to a paper I just saw, there is also at least one record of them attempting to nest on the ground.

@phasusanamornthepadul7031

Жыл бұрын

@@thailandwild4897 that’s interesting, I don’t suppose it can be called nest parasitism can it?, I believe they mostly use abandoned holes, although I have heard about other cases of birds evicting previous owners for their nests, who knows, these cavities are not completely predator proof, I have read about cases in the uk of woodpeckers literally plucking out infant birds from their nests while their parents are out, I wonder if such brutish thievish behavior ever happens here!

@thailandwild4897

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting information in this link..... it seems that they will sometimes kill woodpeckers and barbets and then take over their nests..... www.owlpages.com/owls/species.php?s=2130

@phasusanamornthepadul7031

Жыл бұрын

@@thailandwild4897 Ah!, banditry at its finest, seems like thuggery exists even within the bird world!

Nice to see owls , nice video

@thailandwild4897

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I was thrilled to see this pair of owls, especially as I had my son and daughter with me on this trip. On the way out of the park we saw a marbled cat run across the road in front of us..... their first wild cat species in Thailand, and my first sighting of a marbled cat..... we were so excited!!!

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@thailandwild4897

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tong. Yes, I was so happy to capture this interesting behaviour. By the way, we also saw a marbled cat on this trip. I will need to take my son and daughter every time in future to bring me luck.

We have had two owls in our trees for four years now and noticed that they were not looking so good this year. We went to our local pet store and purchased ten frozen rats and defrosted them and put them about our back yard at sunset. Woke up and seven were gone. They came back two days later and all was gone. I really hope they had a fill.😊

@thailandwild4897

Жыл бұрын

Interesting..... I guess it is most likely that the owls ate them, or do you think anything else might have been lurking in the yard? I think perhaps if you feed them again, just one each per night might be enough. Do you know which owls they were?

@newfee1967

Жыл бұрын

@@thailandwild4897 They are barred owls and we had dump of snow so I think they had trouble finding food. I'm pretty sure they ate a couple. I like to think they ate them all but highly doubtful. I do love your programs 🤗

@thailandwild4897

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Lucy.... yes, I guess snow must be really problematic for a lot of animals. Incidentally, I have a lot of footage from the last few weeks, but it is taking me a long time to get around to editing it all. Hopefully, I'll have some new clips soon.

@newfee1967

Жыл бұрын

@@thailandwild4897 🤗😘

That perverted barbet showing up to sniff around the scene.

@thailandwild4897

Жыл бұрын

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