tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post492635485810078572..comments2023-10-16T09:06:08.358-05:00Comments on Alice, Rusty, Iris and the International Owl Center Blog: Blood...Karla (Kinstler) Bloemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13515204503379188869noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-1269321815671244042012-09-02T05:51:44.955-05:002012-09-02T05:51:44.955-05:00I will be sad when 'my' owl stops losing f...I will be sad when 'my' owl stops losing feathers. Not sure if it is an actual molt, but there are the occasional feathers in the yard. I love it when I find the big fluffy brown downy feathers, I am assuming they are from the juvenile owl/owls, although I have never seen them. <br />M Russell Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-74317978289917545082012-08-29T20:25:11.368-05:002012-08-29T20:25:11.368-05:00Very good question about the molting. I think it&...Very good question about the molting. I think it's always been presumed that if an owl is indoors or exposed to other-than-normal day and night light patterns their molt is messed up. But Alice's molt seems to match Rusty and Iris' molt fairly close, and they are housed outdoors. Hard to say how it compares to a wild owl, since you mostly can only infer things from study skins for them, not exact dates of feather drops like captive owls. I think there is a ton we don't know about the molt.Karla (Kinstler) Bloemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13515204503379188869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-91406968927047971142012-08-29T20:10:37.532-05:002012-08-29T20:10:37.532-05:00I would like to ask you about Alice's molting....I would like to ask you about Alice's molting. Does she molt when other GHO's do? Or because she lives inside a lot, does change that process. Thank you for your time, again, love the blog!<br />M.RussellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-42132367370656287462012-08-15T22:43:31.098-05:002012-08-15T22:43:31.098-05:00Thank goodness is right! Glad the fright was so sh...Thank goodness is right! Glad the fright was so short-lived.mapleowlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9725321.post-81240367316626386922012-08-15T17:40:33.150-05:002012-08-15T17:40:33.150-05:00Good to know.Good to know.maxi23https://www.blogger.com/profile/07963080666498599705noreply@blogger.com