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Oops. This is not where I went

Sleepy time

We are too sure about this brancher business

We were not ready to be branchers

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

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

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Standing up in original nest

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Yummy leftovers!

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Sibling owlet being deposited above

Passing inspection

A bit wary

“They are NOT pets!”

In the garden again

Ferns add so much to our decor

We love to snuggle

Catching some rays

Breakfast

Breakfast Yummy

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Marsh trek rest

Am I getting tan yet?

Back-in-the-box!

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

It didn’t last long……….

What do owlets eat?

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

I complied

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

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

Passing inspection

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

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

Tide is coming in fast

White Ibis Gathering

Parent watching over the journey

One owlet or two?

I am trying! Really trying….

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

Three owlet pellets

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

Zeroing in on the kids

Not me either!

Cedar Tree on easement

Waiting for the tide to go out

All dry

Discovering my new home

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

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

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

Mom watching from the tall pines

Oops. This is not where I went

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

it is a very, very long story

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

Guess Hoo?

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

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

Oops caught

I have something caught in my gizzard

So much to explain…

Dad with one owlet

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

White Ibis Preening

View from back garden to tall pines

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

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

Rainy day on the marsh

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

Swan dive

Snuggled in our new home

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

Journey to The ISLAND

It was not a good night…

In the garden again

OMG

mar 16 talon caught feature photo can't be good

This is not where I went

And I stay here almost all night

I feel a nap coming on

Where is MiniMe?

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

Being inspected for injury

No, but you are bigger than me..

I am very, very weary…

Great Horned Owlets

Exploring the big blue pot

What happened Sunday night?

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

Good morning peek-a-boo

I am hungry!!!

And this tree comes with breakfast!

OMG

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

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

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

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

Back in the nest tree

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

I STILL do not want to come home…

Expelling a pellet

I am just taking a snooze

Breakfast

Breakfast Yummy

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

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

Yummy leftovers!

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

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

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

And more…

Parent can’t even watch this time!

Early morning hunting

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

Posing politely for photos

We love to snuggle

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

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

uh oh.

Settling into our new digs

Nancy texts me

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

Waking Up

Marsh Owl

We really do not want to talk to you right now

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

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

Hmmmmmm……..

I am in big trouble here

All dry from the front

Really???

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

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

Early morning breakfast delivery

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

And this tree comes with breakfast!

I do!!!

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

Standing up in original nest

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

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

I am caught….

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

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

I can explain…

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

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

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

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

Ferns add so much to our decor

I’m coming MM

Free fallin’

Hide and Seek in the trees…

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

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

Sleepy after all the commotion

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

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

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

Ready for our close up!

Made it across!

Trying to escape foster parent

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

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

My parent is watching over me…

I am compacting, not singing

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

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

The sun feels so good!

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

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

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

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

What took you so long to come find me?

Expelling Owl Pellet

Parent on ‘the perch’.

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

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

Hide and Seek

Tide coming in fast

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

Life is good!

I am going to need a bigger ladder

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

I am trying to let go, but…

MiniMe looks dreadful

I am really high up here!

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

Moving back to nook

Supervising the photo shoot

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

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

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

Drying out and feeling better

Sleepy time

MiniMe is hard to find

The Box

And more…

Warmest, best spot

I am fine.

First morning on the island

Trying out the second floor

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

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

Sibling owlet being deposited above

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

It was a very long night

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

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

Photo Op!

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

Checking on kids from the pines

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

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

Where is the ground?

Looking rather lion like

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

This may take a while…

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here

Very wary when feeding the kids

Do not even think about taking my rats!

“They are NOT pets!”

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

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

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

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

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

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

compacting

Looks like my foster parent

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

Catching some rays

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

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

Asking for divine intervention?

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

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

We are too sure about this brancher business

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

In the marsh, natural GPS?

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

Exploring the garden

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

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

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

My what big feet I have!

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

Waiting for the tide to go out?

Someone PLEASE call 911

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

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

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

We were not ready to be branchers

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

The WHOLE rat????

Big Foot is right overhead above me

One owlet is thriving

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

And there is more….

This is really, really not looking good…

Am I getting tan yet?

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

Our back garden Live Oaks

A bit wary

It was another long,…really… long…night

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

Morning showers all wet close up

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

All I get is the blank stare

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

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

Crossing the mercy

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

Back together again. Well close enough.

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

Same photo, zoomed in

Hi Mom!

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

Feeing safer

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

Precarious ladder position into thin air

After exam

Ditto

I can not get loose

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

I am feeling much better now

Peek!

Don’t eat!!!

Yay! For MiniMe!

Bamboo pole

What next?

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

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

…

Pardon my rear

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

hanging out in cedar tree

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

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

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

Basking in the sun photo op

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

Catching some rays

Sunday afternoon snooze

Hanging on too long???

Dad is watching over us

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

Happy Feet

i should probably just get in without a fuss

It’s cold today!

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

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

Getting ready to go back in a tree

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

Rats!

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

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

Beginning to dry out

Getting closer

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

Marsh view from the rear

Getting back to dry land

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

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

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

I know I got UP here……

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

I swear

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

I am all wet and SALTY!

One parent always on watch

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

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

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

Next time could we please get a roof?

We are getting hungry

Not my best morning

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

Mom feeds Big Sib first

What took you so long?

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

First Owlet down being returned to nest

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

Is that what I thing it is?

Are we done yet?

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

Looking for our parents

I had a very rough morning…

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

Uh oh…this can’t be good

Almost done

Don’t think I can make it

Recovering from near fatal swim

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