{"id":1995165,"date":"2018-06-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=0146c300da5bb6172cc2267577d83078"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:30:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:30:42","slug":"money-on-the-great-grey-owls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/money-on-the-great-grey-owls\/","title":{"rendered":"Money on the Great Grey Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was guiding again in Hedmark yesterday and was basically hoping to give Rob and Gail from Australia a repeat of Saturday. The Great Grey Owls were as expected still there and young had definitely hatched in one nest and most likely also in the other.<\/p>\n

It was fantastic to see one of the birds clearly tending to a youngster in the nest and it was moving so carefully \u2013 it probably had unhatched eggs plus tiny young there.<\/p>\n

The Slavonian Grebe and Red backed Shrike were also in exactly the same places and we heard 2 Ortolans singing but still failed to see one. A big disappointment was that I could find the Hawk Owl(s). I did find a couple of adult feathers by the seemingly empty nest hole and am a bit worried for what may have happened in the three days since Saturday.<\/p>\n

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If the young had left the nest then I feel sure that we would have found them and the anxious parents fairly close to the nest so maybe there has been a breeding failure. A Black Woodpecker turned up again and drummed and a pair of Redstarts were clearly breeding in the area. Yet again raptors were noticeably absent and we only had a single Common Buzzard on the whole trip.<\/p>\n

Last night and today I spent some time in Maridalen where the River Warblers is still reeling away and three Marsh Warblers are now singing. The Lapwing is still incubating in the middle of a newly sown field under the baking sun and must be contemplating the meaning of life. I also tried again for the Black Redstart in the city centre but yet again failed where others succeed.<\/p>\n