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