Catching some rays
Sleepy time
Yummy leftovers!
Breakfast Yummy
Sibling owlet being deposited above
We were not ready to be branchers
First Owlet down being returned to nest
A bit wary
“They are NOT pets!”
Breakfast
Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks
First view of Mom on nest with owlet
Standing up in original nest
Twinkle toes fell to ground while being fed by Mom this morning 7 am
In the garden again
Ferns add so much to our decor
We love to snuggle
Do not even think about taking my rats!
We like our new home. February 27, 2014
We are too sure about this brancher business
Passing inspection
I have a rat tail caught in my beak
Oops. This is not where I went
My wing feathers are developing, I looking more like Mom everyday
Don’t eat!!!
Hide and Seek in the trees…
What took those humans so long to get me back up here?
Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet
Do not even think about taking my rats!
I have a rat tail caught in my beak
Tuesday morning so, so pitiful
Beginning to dry out
Once in the box, it lets go of my red glove
Same photo, zoomed in
Foster parent, Dale , tries one more time to put me in a tree…
Hi Mom!
I am determined to be a marsh owlet
I’m coming MM
MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon
I can not get loose
Hiding in the Cedar Tree
Yummy leftovers!
Ready for our close up!
The Box
Am I getting tan yet?
Ferns add so much to our decor
Cedar Tree on easement
Not me either!
Hanging out on the 2nd floor
Sibling owlet being deposited above
So embarrassing. Kind of like that squirrel thing. My tide clock was off a bit too…
I am a wood owl, NOT a shore bird…Pluff Mud? Are you serious?
It was a really long, interesting journey. I can totally relate to the Geico Gecko…
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Finally, someone that knows what they are doing
Where is MY rat? I am still waiting…..
Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor
Exploring the big blue pot
Is that what I thing it is?
it is a very, very long story
Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks
Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot
Rats!
I feel a nap coming on
Asking for divine intervention?
STILL waiting, watching for Mom (and/or Dad). Do not even think about cuddling up to me after you ate the WHOLE thing!
Tide coming in fast
So much to explain…
hanging out in cedar tree
I am fine.
I am really high up here!
Pardon my rear
MiniMe looks dreadful
Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets
Feeing safer
Waiting for the tide to go out?
Expelling a pellet
Guess Hoo?
Twinkle toes fell to ground while being fed by Mom this morning 7 am
“They are NOT pets!”
Precarious ladder position into thin air
What took you so long?
I cannot keep as a pet ;-(
Free fallin’
Photo Op!
Mom feeds Big Sib first
And I stay here almost all night
Supervising the photo shoot
In the garden again
Early morning sunshine after our breakfast
What next?
Mom watching from the tall pines
Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…
We are too sure about this brancher business
Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.
Using wings to get through tall spartina grass
Almost done
Getting back to dry land
I complied
Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..
i can barely hang on. I really want to be a marsh owl.
Hmmmmmm……..
Uh oh…this can’t be good
Warmest, best spot
Breakfast Yummy
Dad is watching over us
All dry
Our back garden Live Oaks
I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down
I am caught….
A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch
First morning on the island
I COULD cilmb back up, but….
One owlet is thriving
Sleepy time
We are getting hungry
Peek!
OMG
Not my best morning
Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?
On the hunt early Wednesday morning
Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning
First Owlet down being returned to nest
MiniMe is hard to find
Marsh Owl
…
This is why it took me so long. Finding an owlet in the marsh is not as easy as it seems
I am so depressed I am going to stay in bed and eat worms
Dad with one owlet
Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again
Ladder goes back up to the nest tree
Marsh view from the rear
My big sib is just sitting there watching, right above me!
Expelling pellet. Now what do I do with this thing?
Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.
MiniMe looks dreadful. And hurt. In the early morning…
MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face
Trying to nap up here before I figure out how I am going to get down for dinner.
I had a very rough morning…
Chiin’ in the new ‘hood
Code Red Owlet Down February 22
Basking in the sun photo op
Three owlet pellets
What do owlets eat?
We like our new home. February 27, 2014
Uh oh that wing is going to knock me out of the tree!
Catching some rays
Hanging on too long???
Journey to The ISLAND
NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…
And more…
My what big feet I have!
Similar to what we find beneath the nest area. (Photo from owloasis)
Trying to escape foster parent
The WHOLE rat????
Back together again. Well close enough.
I am in big trouble here
An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree
I swear
And more…
From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps
I can explain…
Uh oh. There’s a moat…
Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.
One parent always on watch
I do!!!
I hope Mom and Dad know I am up here….
Passing inspection
Moving back to nook
Exploring the garden
This may take a while…
First view of Mom on nest with owlet
Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey
Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout
Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing
Control the talons first, then the beak. Wear gloves.
Uh oh, I must have fallen asleep and missed the tide
I am compacting, not singing
Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim
Meanwhile Big Sib is still comfortably in the Live Oak tree near our garden
My parent is watching over me…
I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND
I STILL do not want to come home…
Standing up in original nest
Great Horned Owlets
MiniMe is squawking in the marsh
In the marsh, natural GPS?
Ok Back in the tree, sort of.
Being inspected for injury
Sunday afternoon snooze
I know I got UP here……
Too bad my foster parent cannot fly as well as she can paddle
Morning showers all wet close up
One owlet or two?
Waiting for the tide to go out
And there is more….
All I get is the blank stare
Hide and Seek
I have something caught in my gizzard
Can’t wait to get my big boy/girl feathers
OMG
Where is the ground?
I am hungry!!!
I am feeling much better now
Debbie retrieves MiniMe
It was a very long night
All dry from the front
Early morning breakfast delivery
Parent watching over the journey
It was not a good night…
MiniMe hears its Mother’s call
Am I getting tan yet?
Sleepy after all the commotion
And this tree comes with breakfast!
Really???
Recovering from near fatal swim
Back-in-the-box!
Don’t think I can make it
What happened Sunday night?
Are we done yet?
A bit wary
I swear I do not know where MiniMe is
Getting harassed by other birds just trying to look after my kids.
Hangin in the rain in our first nest
I look like I am singing, but I am not.
Big Foot is right overhead above me
What took you so long to come find me?
Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets
I am trying to let go, but…
Discovering my new home
Settling into our new digs
Debbie Mauney retrieves the owlet from the box so she can examine it for injuries
uh oh.
I don’t know why I am in the marsh again
The sun feels so good!
It was another long,…really… long…night
My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!
i should probably just get in without a fuss
Makes the crossing to The ISLAND
I am on a mission to find my parents or breakfast…
Marsh trek rest
Yay! For MiniMe!
2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?
This is not where I went
An Owlet on not good behavior: MiniMe on favorite place – the ground
Breakfast
Happy Feet
Parent on ‘the perch’.
Rainy day on the marsh
Looking for our parents
We were not ready to be branchers
Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination
This not what HF told me about the marsh and the tide and…
Back in the tree? After that long journey? Crap. Déjà vu all over again..
Very wary when feeding the kids
Back in the nest tree
Thanks, I’ve got this now…
Catching some rays
Drying out and feeling better
We love to snuggle
And this tree comes with breakfast!
Crossing the mercy
Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?
Finally! On the The ISLAND!
Checking on kids from the pines
MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!
Sun setting, getting close to feeding time
compacting
Oops caught
The tide is out but no one is giving me any advice or directions. There does not appear to be any ferry service….
Getting closer
It didn’t last long……….
Someone PLEASE call 911
Looks like my foster parent
This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!
Snuggled into the nook to keep warm. We even have a leftover mouse!
Getting ready to go back in a tree
Expelling Owl Pellet
Trying to make dinner when all I want to do is observe the owlets and their dinner
Snuggling and so happy the Tinkle Toes did not go exploring again. And then getting stuck!
Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!
I don’t know if I can make it…again…
White Ibis Gathering
Parent can’t even watch this time!
Early morning hunting
I am going to need a bigger ladder
Life is good!
Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.
I am all wet and SALTY!
This is really, really not looking good…
Waking Up
Mm begins another journey, this time across land instead of the marsh
Ditto
Tide is coming in fast
Swan dive
Made it across!
We really do not want to talk to you right now
I am just taking a snooze
Could she at least wait until we’re done with hair and makeup?
Tide is coming in, can’t get back to high ground
Looking rather lion like
Zeroing in on the kids
Posing politely for photos
No, but you are bigger than me..
View from back garden to tall pines
It’s cold today!
After exam
White Ibis Preening
Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!
Good morning peek-a-boo
Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon
Bamboo pole
Trying out the second floor
No. I do not want to go back in the tree
Where is MiniMe?
Snuggled in our new home
Next time could we please get a roof?
Oops. This is not where I went
I seriously thought we done with the ladder work
I am trying! Really trying….
Nancy texts me
I am very, very weary…