2nd March

The Long-eared Owl was 273 (=) and the dark Barn Owl 283 (+3) gram. The Goshawk was 812 (+3), the Kestrel 196 (+1) and the red Sparrowhawk 258 (+2) gram. The Rock Dove was 254 (+5) gram. Tortoises: the home-bred was 67 (+4) and the other 83 (+4) gram. So today for the first time since ages all patients were (in the plus” !! The skin-flap on “Earl Grey’s” foot is hanging a lot at this moment > let’s try if we can do something today. We have promised keeping you informed about the “motherly joy” in the window-frame of the 2^nd floor of our house: today in an early sunshine both 4-days old babies were cleaning their fluffy feathers while mother was doing a little turn around.

We have tried getting the Dark Barn Owl a bit more active by transferring him for the morning-hours together with the Long-eared Owl to “

The Keep”. However this worked out counterproductively (although they didn’t fight together), because at the midday-feeding-round they both refused to eat !! In the evening this was normal again. At 4.45 p.m. arrived the two new trainees Anne Diepenhorst and Dick Lock.

1st March

The Long-eared Owl was 273 (-2), the Little Owl 202 (-4) and the Dark Barn Owl 280 (+1) gram. The Goshawk was 809 (+9), the Kestrel 195 (+1) and the red Sparrowhawk 258 (+4) gram. The Rock Dove was 249 (+2) and the Black-headed Gull 323 (+12) > so must have a bit a diet. Tortoises: the home-bred was 63 (+5) and the other 79 (-1) gram. The two Pigeons are doing fine. It’s sóó cold outside, that the bath of the Black-headed Gull was covered with quite a layer of ice !! And as well the fields are white, but not for harvest. And because tomorrow everything is closed due to “Clean Monday” (Carnival), today almost all meat (which was bought yesterday already and of which Ineke then had done already all the liver) was processed with the help of Douglas & Janice. This time 16,040 kilo for 98 Euro. Total now this year 141,815 kilo for 891,59 Euro. The out-door Tom-cat “Earl Grey” came back this afternoon with from the right rear-leg the most left toe complete “stripped” > the skin-flap is hanging next to it, but he isn’t sóó tame we can start treating on the spot. So first look and see what he is going to do himself with the injury. After 12.30 p.m. arrived 5 people from the new Animal lovers-society. They were showed around and thereafter a lot of items were discussed and agreements were made (a.o. about the picking-up of animals for us). As well they brought with them, quite nice, 50 kilo of bird-food for us !! Only a pity we have no laying hens which are eating this food . . . !!