Gallery

Sibling owlet being deposited above

In the garden again

Standing up in original nest

Breakfast

“They are NOT pets!”

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Breakfast Yummy

We love to snuggle

Oops. This is not where I went

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Catching some rays

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Sleepy time

A bit wary

We are too sure about this brancher business

Ferns add so much to our decor

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

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

We were not ready to be branchers

Passing inspection

Yummy leftovers!

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

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

Catching some rays

Feeing safer

Three owlet pellets

This is really, really not looking good…

What took you so long to come find me?

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

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

OMG

Being inspected for injury

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

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

Breakfast Yummy

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

Crossing the mercy

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

Hide and Seek in the trees…

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

MiniMe is hard to find

In the garden again

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

Almost done

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

Precarious ladder position into thin air

Early morning hunting

Yummy leftovers!

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

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

Snuggled in our new home

Trying out the second floor

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

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

Parent can’t even watch this time!

it is a very, very long story

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

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

We really do not want to talk to you right now

Not my best morning

Yay! For MiniMe!

Dad with one owlet

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

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

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

Sleepy after all the commotion

Beginning to dry out

uh oh.

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

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

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

Ferns add so much to our decor

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

Trying to escape foster parent

“They are NOT pets!”

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

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

Morning showers all wet close up

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

Life is good!

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

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

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

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

…

I swear

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

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

Exploring the big blue pot

Cedar Tree on easement

All I get is the blank stare

Looking for our parents

mar 16 talon caught feature photo can't be good

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

Drying out and feeling better

Expelling a pellet

Great Horned Owlets

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

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

I am in big trouble here

And I stay here almost all night

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

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

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

Mom feeds Big Sib first

Where is the ground?

Sleepy time

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

All dry

Big Foot is right overhead above me

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

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

It was not a good night…

We were not ready to be branchers

Good morning peek-a-boo

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

I can not get loose

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

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

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

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

White Ibis Preening

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

I complied

Looking rather lion like

Checking on kids from the pines

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

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

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

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

Peek!

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

After exam

I am compacting, not singing

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

Getting ready to go back in a tree

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

I’m coming MM

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

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

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

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

I am hungry!!!

This is not where I went

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

We are getting hungry

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Are we done yet?

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

I am all wet and SALTY!

Back in the nest tree

compacting

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

My what big feet I have!

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

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

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

I had a very rough morning…

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

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

What happened Sunday night?

Catching some rays

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

Moving back to nook

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

One owlet or two?

Waiting for the tide to go out

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

First Owlet down being returned to nest

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

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

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

Parent watching over the journey

This may take a while…

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

I am fine.

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

Mom watching from the tall pines

Nancy texts me

I know I got UP here……

Not me either!

Exploring the garden

My parent is watching over me…

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

Marsh trek rest

Dad is watching over us

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

Happy Feet

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

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

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

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

Made it across!

Settling into our new digs

Ditto

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

Basking in the sun photo op

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

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

Getting closer

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

Standing up in original nest

Rainy day on the marsh

I am caught….

Where is MiniMe?

I am going to need a bigger ladder

Getting back to dry land

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Really???

Next time could we please get a roof?

Photo Op!

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

i should probably just get in without a fuss

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

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

Tide is coming in fast

Swan dive

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

Tide coming in fast

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

And more…

Bamboo pole

Back together again. Well close enough.

Am I getting tan yet?

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

Don’t think I can make it

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

Oops caught

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

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

And more…

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

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

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

I feel a nap coming on

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

Hanging on too long???

Hmmmmmm……..

Asking for divine intervention?

Free fallin’

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

Marsh view from the rear

The sun feels so good!

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

I am just taking a snooze

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

What next?

Oops. This is not where I went

Hide and Seek

Journey to The ISLAND

It was another long,…really… long…night

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

Marsh Owl

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

A bit wary

Looks like my foster parent

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

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

It’s cold today!

The WHOLE rat????

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

White Ibis Gathering

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

hanging out in cedar tree

Waking Up

We love to snuggle

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here

Guess Hoo?

And there is more….

First morning on the island

Someone PLEASE call 911

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

Ready for our close up!

View from back garden to tall pines

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

Very wary when feeding the kids

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

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

Sunday afternoon snooze

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

I am trying! Really trying….

What do owlets eat?

I STILL do not want to come home…

Hi Mom!

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

Posing politely for photos

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

MiniMe looks dreadful

Sibling owlet being deposited above

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

All dry from the front

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

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

Warmest, best spot

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

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

I am very, very weary…

I am trying to let go, but…

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

I can explain…

It was a very long night

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

Early morning breakfast delivery

We are too sure about this brancher business

Is that what I thing it is?

Supervising the photo shoot

In the marsh, natural GPS?

I am feeling much better now

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

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

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

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

OMG

Pardon my rear

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

Don’t eat!!!

Expelling Owl Pellet

I have something caught in my gizzard

Passing inspection

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

So much to explain…

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

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

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

Parent on ‘the perch’.

The Box

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

Recovering from near fatal swim

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

Breakfast

One parent always on watch

Waiting for the tide to go out?

What took you so long?

Same photo, zoomed in

Discovering my new home

I am really high up here!

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

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

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

Zeroing in on the kids

Am I getting tan yet?

Back-in-the-box!

I do!!!

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

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

Our back garden Live Oaks

One owlet is thriving

It didn’t last long……….

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

Rats!

No, but you are bigger than me..

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

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

Uh oh…this can’t be good

	Donna Chesborough on Feeding Frenzy
	dalejaren on Abstract Photography
	LCN on Abstract Photography
	Dale Aren on Abstract Photography
	lambn57 on Abstract Photography

dalejaren

Gallery

Leave a comment Cancel reply

Living on the Edge of a Salt Marsh

Share this:

Leave a comment Cancel reply

Living on the Edge of a Salt Marsh