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We are too sure about this brancher business

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

A bit wary

Sleepy time

Breakfast

Standing up in original nest

Catching some rays

We love to snuggle

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Oops. This is not where I went

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Yummy leftovers!

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Ferns add so much to our decor

“They are NOT pets!”

We were not ready to be branchers

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

In the garden again

Passing inspection

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Breakfast Yummy

Sibling owlet being deposited above

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

Getting closer

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

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

Catching some rays

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

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

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

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

MiniMe looks dreadful

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

Guess Hoo?

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

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

And more…

Trying to escape foster parent

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

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

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

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

Bamboo pole

I know I got UP here……

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

I’m coming MM

Early morning breakfast delivery

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

Am I getting tan yet?

Posing politely for photos

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

Yummy leftovers!

Drying out and feeling better

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

Mom feeds Big Sib first

OMG

This may take a while…

I am just taking a snooze

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

I STILL do not want to come home…

I swear

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

Three owlet pellets

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

Looking for our parents

Waiting for the tide to go out?

After exam

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

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

All dry from the front

Pardon my rear

Tide is coming in fast

It was a very long night

Asking for divine intervention?

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

Oops. This is not where I went

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

We love to snuggle

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

uh oh.

So much to explain…

Sleepy after all the commotion

Getting back to dry land

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

Dad with one owlet

Free fallin’

And this tree comes with breakfast!

The Box

Looks like my foster parent

Trying out the second floor

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

Not me either!

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

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

It was not a good night…

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

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

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

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

Back together again. Well close enough.

Zeroing in on the kids

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

All dry

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

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

Hi Mom!

Ready for our close up!

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

One parent always on watch

Rainy day on the marsh

What next?

I am feeling much better now

Cedar Tree on easement

Don’t eat!!!

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

Passing inspection

Sleepy time

My parent is watching over me…

This is really, really not looking good…

Dad is watching over us

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

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

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

Sunday afternoon snooze

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

Life is good!

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

Parent watching over the journey

Basking in the sun photo op

White Ibis Gathering

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

Good morning peek-a-boo

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

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

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

Back-in-the-box!

Getting ready to go back in a tree

Happy Feet

Yay! For MiniMe!

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

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

Discovering my new home

I do!!!

The sun feels so good!

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

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

We are too sure about this brancher business

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

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

…

A bit wary

All I get is the blank stare

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

I am in big trouble here

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

Great Horned Owlets

I am caught….

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

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

Settling into our new digs

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

Ferns add so much to our decor

hanging out in cedar tree

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

mar 16 talon caught feature photo can't be good

Breakfast

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

Where is the ground?

Is that what I thing it is?

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

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

White Ibis Preening

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

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

What happened Sunday night?

No, but you are bigger than me..

Feeing safer

I am hungry!!!

Tide coming in fast

Warmest, best spot

In the marsh, natural GPS?

And more…

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

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

Breakfast Yummy

Catching some rays

Hanging on too long???

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

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

Beginning to dry out

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

Early morning hunting

Expelling Owl Pellet

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

it is a very, very long story

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

Photo Op!

I feel a nap coming on

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

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

Do not even think about taking my rats!

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

This is not where I went

And there is more….

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

In the garden again

I am trying! Really trying….

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

Precarious ladder position into thin air

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Big Foot is right overhead above me

Really???

What do owlets eat?

Expelling a pellet

Swan dive

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

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

My what big feet I have!

Mom watching from the tall pines

Nancy texts me

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

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

Looking rather lion like

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

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

Someone PLEASE call 911

Waking Up

Crossing the mercy

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

I am all wet and SALTY!

Made it across!

Oops caught

Supervising the photo shoot

I have something caught in my gizzard

It didn’t last long……….

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

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

Peek!

Hide and Seek

Our back garden Live Oaks

I am compacting, not singing

I am really high up here!

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

One owlet is thriving

Exploring the garden

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

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

I had a very rough morning…

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

Recovering from near fatal swim

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

Exploring the big blue pot

Snuggled in our new home

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

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

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

Marsh trek rest

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

Journey to The ISLAND

OMG

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

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

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

What took you so long to come find me?

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

We were not ready to be branchers

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

Not my best morning

First Owlet down being returned to nest

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

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

compacting

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

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

Are we done yet?

We are getting hungry

I am trying to let go, but…

Sibling owlet being deposited above

Am I getting tan yet?

i should probably just get in without a fuss

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

Being inspected for injury

We really do not want to talk to you right now

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

Very wary when feeding the kids

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

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

Marsh view from the rear

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

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

Waiting for the tide to go out

Standing up in original nest

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

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

I am going to need a bigger ladder

I complied

Next time could we please get a roof?

I can not get loose

Hmmmmmm……..

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

Where is MiniMe?

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

MiniMe is hard to find

And I stay here almost all night

“They are NOT pets!”

Parent can’t even watch this time!

Don’t think I can make it

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

Hide and Seek in the trees…

Morning showers all wet close up

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

First morning on the island

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

Ditto

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

I am fine.

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

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

Checking on kids from the pines

Same photo, zoomed in

Back in the nest tree

Moving back to nook

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

Rats!

Almost done

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

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

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

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

Uh oh…this can’t be good

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

Parent on ‘the perch’.

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

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

Marsh Owl

It was another long,…really… long…night

One owlet or two?

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

I am very, very weary…

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

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

The WHOLE rat????

What took you so long?

It’s cold today!

I can explain…

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

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

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

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

View from back garden to tall pines

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