Barn Owl Chicks Overcome Shaky Start & Fly Free | Gylfie & Dryer | Robert E Fuller

[@RobertEFuller]

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[@JudithZollers-jo7ek]

Hi! I don’t understand why Gylfie was stealing their food and wasn’t feeding them! Why was she doing this!?

[@michael_c2]

Fall was my favorite I have to grudgingly admit. I just love her personality. She played with her food and slept in the most funny positions sometimes even using the little hole between the outer and inner sections of the nest box to sleep on it.

[@RobertEFuller]

Yes, she was fun to watch wasn't she

[@Guinevere-2j7]

I remember feeling so worried for them, especially Fall. I am so glad they grew and became beautiful.❤

[@baddnurse5443]

Such special owlets ❤ Was a pleasure watching them grow. Beautiful Film

[@richardortyl7550]

Beautiful thank you. Nature needs our help. We are destroying nature in most places so your work is precious

[@RobertEFuller]

Thanks ☺️ did you know Dryer, Gylfie’s mate was a rescued from a corn dryer as a owlet The dryer was sold in a farm auction and when it was moved to another farm owlets were found 6 days later

[@darlenemckay265]

You are amazing helping these birds survive!

[@Featherstar47]

Fall was always so silly with her aggressive head-bobbing. Hope they're doing well now

[@dinitroacetylen]

And the "Mother of the Year" award goes to Gylfie!

[@Oblongio]

gylfie certainly thinks that, but dryer did some heavy lifting making sure his chicks survive

[@itsmisscoco]

i feel like it is so mean to try to steal food from her own chicks who aren't even able to catch their own meals yet 😢 lucky they had dryer as their dad to help more

[@verashepherd]

@@dinitroacetylen 😂😂😂

[@patray162]

@@itsmisscoco With the free whole prey delivered by Robert, Gylfie has learned that she doesn’t need to teach her owlets how to hunt, nor does she need expend the energy hunting for them and tearing up the food into bits until they are self-sufficient. In fact, neglecting them means they’ll be helped even more. Apparently she was exhausted , so I find it totally understandable that she may have just wanted some of the “stash” of freebies too. Though, seeing her rough and competitive behavior toward them as she did this made me feel quite sad as well.

[@itsmisscoco]

@@patray162 yes i agree with you. makes sense

[@Silver..]

i love how dryer checks up on them to see if theyre ready to fly

[@louisecotulla4296]

They catch up in size so quickly! they are almost the same size now. Thanks to your helping hand they have a good start in life. Best of luck to them both. And thank you, Robert for another cool video!

[@myztixwenzmatta777]

Really enjoyed watching Autumn 🍂 & Fall, hatch & 🐣 grow… saddened me when they left… I hope they come back to visit… Thank you Robert… 💜 Blessed Be…

[@michael_c2]

Yeah I miss them.

[@LynneFarr]

Well done! Thanks for helping out. You're a good owl parent too.

[@MsLeenite]

Thank you, Mr Fuller. That was a nice retrospective on Gylfie and Dryer's most recent brood. I'm glad they've gone out on their own to their new lives.

[@nancyharman4795]

Looking back at the day they got their leg bands, Fall was unbearably cute!!! I wish the best for both of them! 🦉🦉

[@TheChampy2012]

Me too. I think of them often and for their safety.

[@samar3226]

Such lovely documentaries require lot of efforts and I must admire the patience each new story is made by you..God bless

[@brigittebordelet3944]

I love them so much!💝😊🦉🦉🐥🐤 Thank you so much, Robert, for this video!

[@miss_lorena2801]

Thank you very much REF for this beautiful video❤ I'll never forget Autumn and Fall. Their story touched my heart.

[@mazarotti2007]

Fabulous! Thank you Robert for my beautiful print of the Early Morning Greys, a China mug to match and my Calendar. They are superb and arrived safely, thank you 🎉

[@RobertEFuller]

Hi 👋 Glad your order arrived safely And your enjoying my channel

[@Alaa0.0]

This is so heartwarming, hope to see them soon again with new stories to tell 😇

[@elizabethp2395]

I love how the music tells the story in these videos. Another great one, Robert!

[@lauraconnolly663]

I was very lucky to glimpse both owlets fledge live. These two are very very special and I know they'll grow into magnificently majestic barn owls. Thank you Robert for assisting them. By doing so? You have given them the ultimate gift of living life to the fullest. 💖

[@RobertEFuller]

Hi 👋 Glad you enjoyed the video and got to see them fledged on the live cameras

[@maureendrozda9960]

Heartwarming! Thank You!

[@junefulton7418]

I've watched a lot of your Gylfie & Dryer sagas (haha) and loved every minute. They're a beautiful and inspiring twosome. Thanks for my reminder of the 'good ole times' - - - and just know, as always, your fans are looking forward to more ❣

[@RobertEFuller]

Glad you have enjoyed watching Gylfie and Dryer’s stories

[@kenairay05]

dryer your a good father helping your kids too fly and learn

[@cathymcglasson6947]

Yes they are beautiful

[@jacksonhunter5190]

Love this Thank you

[@Dragonic32]

These owls are beautiful.

[@tinyangel9409]

The girls Fall and Autumn 🍂 I miss them dearly ❤

[@Maria-xc6ml]

Graciasssssss ❤❤❤❤❤

[@deboraha.tucker8022]

Thank you for your insightful videos. Nature can be tough.🤞for Autumn and Fall.

[@Svetsaint]

This is so cuuuuute!🥹❤️I love owls so so so much!

[@Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae]

I relate to the chicks, my mom once came into my room after I got wendy’s(?) and took 3 chicken nuggets then left, you bet my be-hind that I too was defensive over what remained of my nugs

[@lrose1046]

@@Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae 😂😂😂😂😂 how does this not have more likes???

[@AC-ni4gt]

I still remember watching Autumn getting swiped by a Tawny. But thank goodness Autumn is like her mum.

[@RuthForsyth-r4x]

Beautiful birds, nice pastime for Jeanne

[@freespirit6209]

♥♥ Autumn and Fall. Also Mr Fuller and team♥!

[@TheChampy2012]

Thank you for helping Fall and Autumn on their ruff start, Robert. 😊 I know you'll let us know when they reappear. 😊❤

[@RobertEFuller]

Will do! 😃

[@NormanChester882]

Thank you Robert,

[@ogLimitedEdiition]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting

[@RuthForsyth-r4x]

Your yard is well set up, logs to perch on, nests, water

[@Katelyn02217]

I have been looking forward to this video! Thank you for all you've done for the girls! It reminded me of so many things. Like when Autumn was revealed in the nest with Gylfie and Dryer, or Fall lining up her food every day and sleeping on a piece of wood at the entrance. I miss them!

[@chrisjones-ys5zg]

darling robert.. i found that all quite painful to see the mum being so ruthless.. is that usual or quite common.. or is it rare?... i wish those beautiful youngsters all the best... much love xxc

[@RobertEFuller]

Gylfie often looses interest in her second brood and this does happen in other late broods and if there’s not enough food around

[@chrisjones-ys5zg]

😢 but will the male continue to be supportive and nurturing? Thankyou Robert for all the time and care for those wonderful animals xxc

[@glassowlie]

From fuzz to fluff! ❤

[@RuthForsyth-r4x]

It must be nice to sleep in the outdoors at night, to hear them

[@RobertEFuller]

I have my window open at night and hear the owls calling all the time

[@kerrykestrowl6785]

Autumn was my heart and dryer was exhausted but he tried so hard I love him so much Gylfie had so many broods she is a lovely owl who is my favorite ty ref for this video was important to say they where exhausted gylfie got a lot of back lash

[@RuthForsyth-r4x]

I wish I had birds in my yard which I did, until I was stopped because they said the seeds were drawing mice, moles, cats etc😢, I never seen them kill birds. But I grow trees now, cedars,maples. And others. I had a cute house I made for squirrels, birds to visit, I called it the snack Hut, I made a thatched roof and water proof it, I lasted four years. 😅

[@cece6448]

I got SO mad at Gylfie 😂

[@eleonoramarree]

fantastic

[@patray162]

Does the mother raiding the nest and neglecting her owlets reflect normal barn owl behavior in periods of stress and exhaustion?

[@TheChampy2012]

I wondered that too about the mama. Hmmm?

[@Rr-ri4oi]

Since I have been watching mama Gylphie has always "abandonded" her babies to the care of her partner as soon as she sees them swallow prey like a mouse whole (coincidence?) - this is the first time a partner, Dryer, has done this also as he stuck with the last chicks before this. Finn in particular (previous partner who sadly drowned) was an outstanding hunter & parent when this happened, and when he died Mr Fuller also had to drop in food for the chicks. I know some human mamas who only like their children when they are babies!

[@michael_c2]

No it's pretty unusual given that there was no food scarcity. They're usually quite attentive parents. When there's food scarcity you sometimes will see more aggression between siblings and parents but there's plenty food in fotherdale. In fairness though we've only really had like 24/7 live streams going on bird's nests in recent history so a lot of this stuff has been studied with more limited sample sizes. But when I do my research or ask other people with expertise the general sentiment is that barn owls are generally very attentive parents and this is unusual. Abandonment is not common but does absolutely happen especially with food scarcity.

[@patray162]

@ Thanks to both of you above for the context and input. I have been perusing some abstracts regarding human-barn owl interactions and parenting/development, which have left me feeling very unsettled about these interactions and interventions with the owls, but have not condensed those notes yet. From a general information perspective, the first thing that stands out about barn owls' personalities overall is how protective and attentive they are as parents, as you noted. These details stand out to me as most pertinent (and also worrying): - Barn owl parents tear up prey into tiny pieces for feeding, rather than delivering whole prey items. - At about 2 weeks old the owlets begin to practice flying, and over the course of the following ~6 weeks will practice hunting until they are self-sufficient. During this time, the parents are extremely patient and attentive, and **gradually wean** the owlets off of the free food until they are capturing their own whole prey. I can't blame Gylfie for doing what makes sense, whether based on instinct or the reinforced knowledge that she doesn't need to do the hard job of teaching her owlets how to hunt anymore in order for them to get whole prey without her and their dad's guidance. What I hadn't considered before doing these searches, is the potential severity of the ramifications later on these owlets' lives (hoping they do keep living) from exposure to humans at the earliest points of development...i.e. not genetic tendencies or even the lack of training from their parents, but potentially completely altering their instincts and survival strategies.

[@susanschmid2271]

Super.

[@kerrykestrowl6785]

I think I saw Autumn last night ❤

[@rami_ungar_writer]

I know she's just following instincts, but seriously Gylfie? Your own kids?

[@deboraha.tucker8022]

Gylfie as "Mommy Dearest".

[@EnjoywithNomi-uk4tf]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ beautiful

[@SonamTshering-x6k]

Awww

[@mirandamartin4001]

Gylfie seems over the mom thing

[@luudest]

Autumn is when the leaves Fall

[@TheStickCollector]

The cycle of life continues

[@E.E.Wilson]

Shakey's Pizza was a chain of pizza restaurants in the USA, and they had the best Crust. One time in Tacoma we ate a Dominos large pizza and gave the crusts (no sauce or cheese just yummy plain crust) to one seagul, bird packed it in the gullet. Kept packing them in like a Pelican, the gullet grew, and low flied off the park above the HW, nearly 6 crusts! To share in its nest! Great post, birds are loving and sharing.

[@michael_c2]

I remember in episode of South Park where Cartman tried to build another Shakey's pizza

[@glassowlie]

Leave it it's a bot!​@@michael_c2

[@E.E.Wilson]

@@michael_c2 love the idea

[@goelyaman001]

It is the first time seeing gylfie behaving like this in the last 3-4 years

[@michael_c2]

Yeah I've only been following this channel for maybe six or nine months or so but I did see some older videos where there was one season where she sort of neglected her chicks. Also a second brood in a season and the weather was terrible and apparently there was a leak in the nest so there was mitigating circumstances. Robert tried to protect them and save them but they ended up dying anyway. But yes nonetheless it was hard to watch her raiding them. It was interesting to watch Autumn especially start to stand up to her. I try not to judge of course, these animals are driven by instinct Robert says they were likely exhausted. But I have to admit at times it was quite frustrating as not only were they not delivering food but to then steal it. (Especially since they weren't in a food insecure situation as the place is so heavily subsidized with chickens and so on)

[@patray162]

@@michael_c2 I wonder if her neglecting and stealing food from her owlets has been caused by the human intervention of stashing food in her nest for them during stressful times.

[@TheChampy2012]

Oh ok. Thank you.

[@GarrisIiari]

@@patray162 as much as I admire his helping, I couldn't help but wonder about that myself...

[@patray162]

@@GarrisIiari It is hard to imagine that the stashing would not be a contributing factor at least. She knows that she can get “free” food back in her nest while her owlets are there. I’m not making a moral judgment, but it is generally very important to study the effects of these interventions. Gylfie has had several successful broods and could be passing on genetics that contribute to such behaviors in response to stress, with potential effects ranging from reliance on humans to a reduced “drive” to protect offspring. These are total speculations, but again, worth discussing in my view.

[@Baby-pb7if]

🦉🫶❤

[@SabrinaSindarova-x2p]

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[@MomaBee]

375❤

[@LegendadoBR_2k24]

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[@susanschmid2271]

[@patray162]

0:20 A small but critical correction, Robert: You _wanted_ to step in and give them supplementary food; you did not _have_ to do so.