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We are too sure about this brancher business

Breakfast

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Sleepy time

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Oops. This is not where I went

A bit wary

We were not ready to be branchers

Twinkle toes fell to ground while being fed by Mom this morning 7 am

Yummy leftovers!

Sibling owlet being deposited above

“They are NOT pets!”

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

Passing inspection

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Breakfast Yummy

In the garden again

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Standing up in original nest

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Catching some rays

We love to snuggle

Ferns add so much to our decor

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

Snuggled in our new home

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

Pardon my rear

I swear

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

OMG

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

Not my best morning

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

Nancy texts me

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

White Ibis Preening

Almost done

I am feeling much better now

My big sib is just sitting there watching, right above me!

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Being inspected for injury

I am hungry!!!

In the marsh, natural GPS?

We really do not want to talk to you right now

And more…

It was not a good night…

The Box

Marsh Owl

Back in the tree? After that long journey? Crap. Déjà vu all over again..

And this tree comes with breakfast!

I am trying! Really trying….

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

I look like I am singing, but I am not.

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

Made it across!

Basking in the sun photo op

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

Hmmmmmm……..

Expelling pellet. Now what do I do with this thing?

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

Oops. This is not where I went

I am just taking a snooze

Mom feeds Big Sib first

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

Asking for divine intervention?

Drying out and feeling better

Parent can’t even watch this time!

I do!!!

Mar 24 mm in big trouble again 14 that works, into the box

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

Uh oh that wing is going to knock me out of the tree!

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here

Twinkle toes fell to ground while being fed by Mom this morning 7 am

Mar 25 find mm starting to dry out, heater no grooming

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

I’m coming MM

Getting back to dry land

Tide is coming in, can’t get back to high ground

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

“They are NOT pets!”

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

Very wary when feeding the kids

The WHOLE rat????

Catching some rays

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

Ready for our close up!

Hi Mom!

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

An Owlet on not good behavior: MiniMe on favorite place – the ground

No. I do not want to go back in the tree

MiniMe looks dreadful

Don’t eat!!!

Mar 28 parent on duty per usual early morning no worries-

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

It’s cold today!

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

What took you so long to come find me?

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

Exploring the big blue pot

Foster parent, Dale , tries one more time to put me in a tree…

Where is the ground?

Our back garden Live Oaks

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Swan dive

Snuggling and so happy the Tinkle Toes did not go exploring again. And then getting stuck!

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

Crossing the mercy

This not what HF told me about the marsh and the tide and…

Looking rather lion like

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy 2

I am going to need a bigger ladder

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

Peek!

Parent on ‘the perch’.

Mar 26 I've changed my mind about going back to the island

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

Mar 24 mm in big trouble again 15 mm in the box, back to land

compacting

Posing politely for photos

No, but you are bigger than me..

Hide and Seek in the trees…

Photo Op!

Am I getting tan yet?

Tide coming in fast

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 6 close up

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

Early morning breakfast delivery

it is a very, very long story

Similar to what we find beneath the nest area. (Photo from owloasis)

And this tree comes with breakfast!

mar 15 I don't want to go back up in this tree 3

Big Foot is right overhead above me

What next?

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

Moving back to nook

Oops caught

Back-in-the-box!

Getting closer

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

Parent watching over the journey

Can’t wait to get my big boy/girl feathers

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

This is why it took me so long. Finding an owlet in the marsh is not as easy as it seems

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

I am very, very weary…

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Ditto

Mar 20 MM is a marsh owl in tree 3rd time flapping 2

It was another long,…really… long…night

Back together again. Well close enough.

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

View from back garden to tall pines

Three owlet pellets

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

Supervising the photo shoot

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

Are we done yet?

Looking for our parents

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

Someone PLEASE call 911

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

Meanwhile Big Sib is still comfortably in the Live Oak tree near our garden

Sleepy time

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

Good morning peek-a-boo

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

Looks like my foster parent

Life is good!

Same photo, zoomed in

Don’t think I can make it

First morning on the island

What do owlets eat?

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

…

And there is more….

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

Mar 19 MM in Cedar from Dons dock tall pine island so close 2

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

Mar 24 mm in big trouble again 13 we try scoppoing with paddle

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

Warmest, best spot

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Waking Up

Not me either!

Mar 20 mm journey to island 19 closer hard to track in long grass

What took you so long?

Trying out the second floor

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

uh oh.

Dad is watching over us

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

I complied

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

Hanging on too long???

So much to explain…

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

My wing feathers are developing, I looking more like Mom everyday

Mar 24 mm in big trouble again 13 we use the blanket

Control the talons first, then the beak. Wear gloves.

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

All dry

Waiting for the tide to go out

Back in the nest tree

??????????????????????

Rainy day on the marsh

Bamboo pole

Sleepy after all the commotion

Sunday afternoon snooze

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

Snuggled into the nook to keep warm. We even have a leftover mouse!

Journey to The ISLAND

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

Breakfast

The tide is out but no one is giving me any advice or directions. There does not appear to be any ferry service….

mar 15 the tide is out and no one is telling me waht to do

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

Is that what I thing it is?

Exploring the garden

Mar 20 mm journey to island 13 waiting for tide to go out

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

Could she at least wait until we’re done with hair and makeup?

Checking on kids from the pines

I STILL do not want to come home…

I am caught….

i should probably just get in without a fuss

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

All I get is the blank stare

We are too sure about this brancher business

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

Rats!

What took those humans so long to get me back up here?

This is not where I went

STILL waiting, watching for Mom (and/or Dad). Do not even think about cuddling up to me after you ate the WHOLE thing!

Early morning hunting

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

Precarious ladder position into thin air

Trying to nap up here before I figure out how I am going to get down for dinner.

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

We were not ready to be branchers

Great Horned Owlets

I have something caught in my gizzard

MiniMe looks dreadful. And hurt. In the early morning…

And more…

Expelling Owl Pellet

I am a wood owl, NOT a shore bird…Pluff Mud? Are you serious?

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

Mar 17 MM is in tree w blanket it has been a very long morning

Where is MiniMe?

Feeing safer

Free fallin’

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

Mm begins another journey, this time across land instead of the marsh

One owlet is thriving

Recovering from near fatal swim

Sibling owlet being deposited above

All dry from the front

We are getting hungry

hanging out in cedar tree

I can not get loose

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

I can explain…

Settling into our new digs

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

In the garden again

Mar 25 mm decides to go to the island by land not marsh this time

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

Dad with one owlet

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

Guess Hoo?

Next time could we please get a roof?

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

I am compacting, not singing

One owlet or two?

Happy Feet

Ferns add so much to our decor

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

Morning showers all wet close up

It didn’t last long……….

Mom watching from the tall pines

The sun feels so good!

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

Hide and Seek

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

OMG

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

My what big feet I have!

Trying to make dinner when all I want to do is observe the owlets and their dinner

One parent always on watch

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

Catching some rays

Zeroing in on the kids

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

i can barely hang on. I really want to be a marsh owl.

It was a really long, interesting journey. I can totally relate to the Geico Gecko…

Where is MY rat? I am still waiting…..

mar 10 how am I going to get down in time for dinner

I am fine.

mar 10 morn I am pretty high up here with ladder!2_

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

Standing up in original nest

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

Cedar Tree on easement

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

Mar 25 mm I try to convince her to stay, climb a tee, I know this look

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

Yay! For MiniMe!

Trying to escape foster parent

Really???

Getting harassed by other birds just trying to look after my kids.

I know I got UP here……

Yummy leftovers!

Marsh view from the rear

Uh oh…this can’t be good

A bit wary

mar 10 morn I am pretty really high up here with ladder!_

We love to snuggle

Mar 24 mm in big trouble again 16 mm in the box, back to land 2

mar 16 talon caught feature photo can't be good

It was a very long night

This may take a while…

I am so depressed I am going to stay in bed and eat worms

Once in the box, it lets go of my red glove

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

So embarrassing. Kind of like that squirrel thing. My tide clock was off a bit too…

Waiting for the tide to go out?

I am really high up here!

Am I getting tan yet?

I am on a mission to find my parents or breakfast…

Beginning to dry out

Marsh trek rest

I am in big trouble here

I am trying to let go, but…

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

Uh oh, I must have fallen asleep and missed the tide

MiniMe is hard to find

Mar 24 mm in big trouble again 19 mm in the box, cannot believe this worked

And I stay here almost all night

White Ibis Gathering

Tide is coming in fast

I am all wet and SALTY!

Discovering my new home

I don’t know why I am in the marsh again

I feel a nap coming on

Expelling a pellet

Can't wait until I get my big boy-girl feathers

Too bad my foster parent cannot fly as well as she can paddle

Mar 20 MM is a marsh owl in tree 3rd time

After exam

I had a very rough morning…

What happened Sunday night?

Passing inspection

Mar 25 mm in garden looking for parents- devine intervention-

This is really, really not looking good…

Debbie Mauney retrieves the owlet from the box so she can examine it for injuries

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

Mar 24 mm in big trouble again 6 can't get purchase

I hope Mom and Dad know I am up here….

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

Getting ready to go back in a tree

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

Breakfast Yummy

My parent is watching over me…

Mar 24 mm in big trouble again 8 I'm coming mm

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