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Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Oops. This is not where I went

Sleepy time

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

We love to snuggle

In the garden again

Sibling owlet being deposited above

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Breakfast

We were not ready to be branchers

First Owlet down being returned to nest

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Ferns add so much to our decor

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

Yummy leftovers!

Passing inspection

Breakfast Yummy

“They are NOT pets!”

We are too sure about this brancher business

Catching some rays

Standing up in original nest

A bit wary

Am I getting tan yet?

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

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

Yay! For MiniMe!

All dry

And more…

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

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

I am all wet and SALTY!

Very wary when feeding the kids

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

I am trying to let go, but…

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

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

Discovering my new home

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

Where is MiniMe?

In the garden again

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

Sleepy after all the commotion

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

I am going to need a bigger ladder

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

Parent on ‘the perch’.

I can explain…

MiniMe is hard to find

Parent watching over the journey

One parent always on watch

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

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

Rats!

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

Back together again. Well close enough.

uh oh.

View from back garden to tall pines

Passing inspection

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

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

Marsh trek rest

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

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

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

Zeroing in on the kids

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here

Settling into our new digs

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Morning showers all wet close up

Oops caught

Ferns add so much to our decor

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

After exam

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

What took you so long?

One owlet or two?

Crossing the mercy

Exploring the garden

Is that what I thing it is?

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

Breakfast

Don’t eat!!!

It was a very long night

Where is the ground?

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

Next time could we please get a roof?

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

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

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

Guess Hoo?

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

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

MiniMe looks dreadful

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

Posing politely for photos

And more…

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

Looking for our parents

Hide and Seek in the trees…

Life is good!

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

We are too sure about this brancher business

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

Expelling Owl Pellet

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

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

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

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

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

Really???

Drying out and feeling better

Early morning hunting

We were not ready to be branchers

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

All I get is the blank stare

Being inspected for injury

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

I am trying! Really trying….

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

I can not get loose

Sibling owlet being deposited above

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

hanging out in cedar tree

Swan dive

Not my best morning

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

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

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

Looking rather lion like

Ditto

I am fine.

Free fallin’

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

Sleepy time

I do!!!

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

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

Bamboo pole

Back-in-the-box!

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

The Box

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

Moving back to nook

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

Someone PLEASE call 911

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

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

Ready for our close up!

I am in big trouble here

Yummy leftovers!

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

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

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

What took you so long to come find me?

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

What do owlets eat?

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

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

Snuggled in our new home

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

Made it across!

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

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

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

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

OMG

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

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

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

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

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

My parent is watching over me…

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

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

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

I swear

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

First morning on the island

Basking in the sun photo op

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

Three owlet pellets

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

One owlet is thriving

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

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

Great Horned Owlets

Tide coming in fast

Nancy texts me

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

Exploring the big blue pot

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

Getting back to dry land

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

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

Our back garden Live Oaks

OMG

Expelling a pellet

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

We really do not want to talk to you right now

i should probably just get in without a fuss

White Ibis Preening

…

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

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

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Dad is watching over us

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

We are getting hungry

My what big feet I have!

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

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

Warmest, best spot

Mom feeds Big Sib first

Catching some rays

No, but you are bigger than me..

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

It didn’t last long……….

Catching some rays

Photo Op!

Tide is coming in fast

Happy Feet

Journey to The ISLAND

I complied

Breakfast Yummy

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

Early morning breakfast delivery

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

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

A bit wary

Supervising the photo shoot

And this tree comes with breakfast!

I STILL do not want to come home…

it is a very, very long story

Recovering from near fatal swim

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

Good morning peek-a-boo

What next?

I am very, very weary…

Cedar Tree on easement

It was another long,…really… long…night

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

This is really, really not looking good…

Waking Up

Rainy day on the marsh

I am compacting, not singing

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

Hanging on too long???

And there is more….

Asking for divine intervention?

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

What happened Sunday night?

Getting closer

Standing up in original nest

I feel a nap coming on

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

Pardon my rear

compacting

“They are NOT pets!”

White Ibis Gathering

I know I got UP here……

Big Foot is right overhead above me

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

Not me either!

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

Precarious ladder position into thin air

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

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

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

The WHOLE rat????

Don’t think I can make it

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

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

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

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

Dad with one owlet

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

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

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

Same photo, zoomed in

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

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

Marsh Owl

I have something caught in my gizzard

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

Am I getting tan yet?

We love to snuggle

Beginning to dry out

Parent can’t even watch this time!

I am feeling much better now

I’m coming MM

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

I am really high up here!

Looks like my foster parent

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

Trying out the second floor

Uh oh…this can’t be good

Waiting for the tide to go out?

Back in the nest tree

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

mar 16 talon caught feature photo can't be good

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

Hmmmmmm……..

I had a very rough morning…

Are we done yet?

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

All dry from the front

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

I am hungry!!!

The sun feels so good!

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

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

It was not a good night…

Waiting for the tide to go out

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

Almost done

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

And I stay here almost all night

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

I am just taking a snooze

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

This is not where I went

Getting ready to go back in a tree

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

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

It’s cold today!

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

Marsh view from the rear

Trying to escape foster parent

Hi Mom!

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

Hide and Seek

Peek!

Sunday afternoon snooze

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

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

Mom watching from the tall pines

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

So much to explain…

This may take a while…

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Feeing safer

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

Oops. This is not where I went

In the marsh, natural GPS?

I am caught….

Checking on kids from the pines

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

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