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Breakfast Yummy

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Sleepy time

We are too sure about this brancher business

Yummy leftovers!

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Ferns add so much to our decor

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

First Owlet down being returned to nest

We were not ready to be branchers

We love to snuggle

Standing up in original nest

Oops. This is not where I went

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Catching some rays

Sibling owlet being deposited above

In the garden again

Passing inspection

Do not even think about taking my rats!

A bit wary

“They are NOT pets!”

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

Breakfast

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

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

Waiting for the tide to go out

Looking rather lion like

Made it across!

Photo Op!

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

Expelling Owl Pellet

I know I got UP here……

And there is more….

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

Very wary when feeding the kids

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

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

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

Precarious ladder position into thin air

Drying out and feeling better

Being inspected for injury

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

So much to explain…

Hide and Seek in the trees…

One owlet is thriving

I do!!!

hanging out in cedar tree

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

MiniMe is hard to find

Settling into our new digs

Am I getting tan yet?

Marsh Owl

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

Parent can’t even watch this time!

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

Oops caught

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

uh oh.

What do owlets eat?

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

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

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Parent watching over the journey

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

Same photo, zoomed in

I feel a nap coming on

Next time could we please get a roof?

This is really, really not looking good…

Exploring the garden

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

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

Waking Up

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

Rats!

Hi Mom!

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

Trying to escape foster parent

it is a very, very long story

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

My parent is watching over me…

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

Where is the ground?

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

Warmest, best spot

I am compacting, not singing

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

Dad is watching over us

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

I am really high up here!

Getting closer

What happened Sunday night?

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

Life is good!

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

Ditto

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

No, but you are bigger than me..

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

Uh oh…this can’t be good

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

Guess Hoo?

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

It was another long,…really… long…night

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

In the garden again

Sibling owlet being deposited above

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

I’m coming MM

Discovering my new home

I am trying! Really trying….

Moving back to nook

I can not get loose

We are too sure about this brancher business

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

Good morning peek-a-boo

And I stay here almost all night

i should probably just get in without a fuss

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

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

Oops. This is not where I went

Ferns add so much to our decor

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

…

Tide is coming in fast

I am caught….

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

Exploring the big blue pot

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

Dad with one owlet

I am all wet and SALTY!

Someone PLEASE call 911

Crossing the mercy

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

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

I had a very rough morning…

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

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

MiniMe looks dreadful

My what big feet I have!

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

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

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

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

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

I am just taking a snooze

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

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

And more…

The Box

Journey to The ISLAND

View from back garden to tall pines

OMG

I am feeling much better now

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

Rainy day on the marsh

Back in the nest tree

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

Yay! For MiniMe!

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Breakfast

Getting ready to go back in a tree

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

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

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

Not my best morning

Breakfast Yummy

The sun feels so good!

First morning on the island

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

Passing inspection

What took you so long?

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Morning showers all wet close up

Pardon my rear

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

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

Checking on kids from the pines

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

I am in big trouble here

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

Hmmmmmm……..

Parent on ‘the perch’.

Marsh view from the rear

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

Back-in-the-box!

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

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

Sleepy after all the commotion

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

Not me either!

Early morning breakfast delivery

Really???

Nancy texts me

Mar 24 mm in big trouble again 14 that works, into 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….

I am going to need a bigger ladder

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

Posing politely for photos

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

In the marsh, natural GPS?

White Ibis Preening

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

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

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

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

This is not where I went

I STILL do not want to come home…

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

I can explain…

Hanging on too long???

We were not ready to be branchers

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

Catching some rays

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

“They are NOT pets!”

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

Ready for our close up!

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

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

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

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

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

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

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

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

I am hungry!!!

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

Three owlet pellets

Our back garden Live Oaks

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

Recovering from near fatal swim

What next?

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

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

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

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

I swear

One owlet or two?

Happy Feet

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

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

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

Looking for our parents

Looks like my foster parent

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

All dry from the front

I am trying to let go, but…

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

Are we done yet?

Yummy leftovers!

Hide and Seek

Asking for divine intervention?

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

All dry

I am fine.

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

This may take a while…

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

Great Horned Owlets

We really do not want to talk to you right now

It was a very long night

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

Cedar Tree on easement

What took you so long to come find me?

Don’t think I can make it

Swan dive

Basking in the sun photo op

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

Bamboo pole

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

Standing up in original nest

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

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

Trying out the second floor

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

One parent always on watch

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

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

Almost done

It didn’t last long……….

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

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

Don’t eat!!!

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

After exam

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

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

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

Expelling a pellet

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

The WHOLE rat????

Supervising the photo shoot

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

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

Waiting for the tide to go out?

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

And more…

Where is MiniMe?

Getting back to dry land

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

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

A bit wary

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

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

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

Sleepy time

Zeroing in on the kids

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

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

Early morning hunting

Is that what I thing it is?

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

Back together again. Well close enough.

It was not a good night…

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

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

compacting

Mom watching from the tall pines

OMG

I complied

Tide coming in fast

Mom feeds Big Sib first

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

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

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

I have something caught in my gizzard

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

All I get is the blank stare

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

White Ibis Gathering

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

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

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

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

We are getting hungry

Catching some rays

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

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

Beginning to dry out

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

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

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

Peek!

It’s cold today!

Feeing safer

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

Snuggled in our new home

Sunday afternoon snooze

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

Big Foot is right overhead above me

Free fallin’

Am I getting tan yet?

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

We love to snuggle

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

Marsh trek rest

I am very, very weary…

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