tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post2225484692825858740..comments2023-10-16T09:06:08.358-05:00Comments on Alice, Rusty, Iris and the International Owl Center Blog: MATING!Karla (Kinstler) Bloemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13515204503379188869noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-82112982830019508522011-01-30T14:09:24.785-06:002011-01-30T14:09:24.785-06:00Actually last night at 9 PM Rusty hopped BEHIND Ir...Actually last night at 9 PM Rusty hopped BEHIND Iris instead of on top of her, so they didn't actually mate. She's been blowing him off with hisses lately, but Rusty keeps trying. He has, however, mated with her a second time. See the Go Rusty! post for a video of the copulation versus being blown off.Karla (Kinstler) Bloemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13515204503379188869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-86459976085454981752011-01-30T03:48:42.972-06:002011-01-30T03:48:42.972-06:00Hope we get to see video of that. would be so grea...Hope we get to see video of that. would be so great to see after waiting so long for mating and hopefully egg laying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-16609183074357658392011-01-29T21:11:20.656-06:002011-01-29T21:11:20.656-06:00Hay Karla! They bounded at 9pm cam time, It was fa...Hay Karla! They bounded at 9pm cam time, It was fast but he didn't miss. after some smooth Talking, Go Rusty. Iris made no sound that I could hear.<br /><br />Mandozee1888Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-82692804056485499052011-01-28T04:54:04.226-06:002011-01-28T04:54:04.226-06:00Sorry, it looked like he landed on her head.
not ...Sorry, it looked like he landed on her head. <br />not mating. but tried maybe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-27491495629498730162011-01-27T07:50:59.509-06:002011-01-27T07:50:59.509-06:00And another quick note:
Last night (26 Jan 2011),...And another quick note:<br /><br />Last night (26 Jan 2011), at 20:47 PST, there were some quiet, low-pitched trilling hoots (greeting hoots from Rusty?), followed by Rusty and Iris both flying from the far wall towards the nest wall. Iris landed on the log perch, Rusty went to the nest. Iris walked over to the wall and looked around the plywood for a bit, then flew back to the high perch in the corner.<br /><br />Quiet night and morning, at least when I was watching...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-75587843483195017682011-01-26T07:40:17.809-06:002011-01-26T07:40:17.809-06:00Just some quick notes:
On 25 Jan 2011, at around ...Just some quick notes:<br /><br />On 25 Jan 2011, at around 3:06 (not sure of the exact start time), Iris could be heard flying and chittering off-camera. She got to her loudest at around 03:10. Other than that, nobody said anything while I was tuned in.<br /><br />This morning (26 Jan 2011), at 03:49, Rusty hooted--much softer than his usual hoot, and it sounded like a greeting hoot (not quite sure because I had sound on both the Cornell and Ustream cams on at the time--oops). He hooted for a little under a minute total. Iris did some flying around and might have returned Rusty's hoot, but with the two out-of-sync audio feeds, I'm not sure what I heard at the time--sorry. Breakfast and post-breakfast have been pretty quiet today.<br /><br />Sure glad this blog doesn't include Smell-o-Vision--that description of Alice's, uh, deposit was pretty graphic. But that, too, shall pass.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-12503850360694364572011-01-24T21:01:55.096-06:002011-01-24T21:01:55.096-06:00Great ! What fun to be able to see that. I knew sh...Great ! What fun to be able to see that. I knew she couldn't resist Rusty's deep, throaty voice forever. MapleOwlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-48449768436338623392011-01-24T17:56:24.056-06:002011-01-24T17:56:24.056-06:00WOW!!!!!
Guess that explains why you pulled the t...WOW!!!!!<br /><br />Guess that explains why you pulled the toys out of the nest just now....<br /><br />Here's hoping for more good things to happen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-59697944744216331802011-01-24T15:21:28.615-06:002011-01-24T15:21:28.615-06:00Wow so cool to see live good going Rusty! you'...Wow so cool to see live good going Rusty! you'll win her yet. thanks for sharing the moment with us Karla,<br /><br />mandozee1888<br /><br />Hope the ustream feed gets fixed so we can see more, guess you can't switch cams on the cornall feed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-59931514335414190562011-01-24T11:58:39.423-06:002011-01-24T11:58:39.423-06:00wow thats great Karla, maybe iris will have babies...wow thats great Karla, maybe iris will have babies this year after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com