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