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I have a rat tail caught in my beak

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Breakfast

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

In the garden again

Oops. This is not where I went

Do not even think about taking my rats!

A bit wary

Catching some rays

“They are NOT pets!”

Sleepy time

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

Ferns add so much to our decor

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

We were not ready to be branchers

We are too sure about this brancher business

Breakfast Yummy

Standing up in original nest

We love to snuggle

Passing inspection

Sibling owlet being deposited above

Yummy leftovers!

Expelling Owl Pellet

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

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

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

It’s cold today!

This is not where I went

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

Feeing safer

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

Trying out the second floor

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

Great Horned Owlets

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

OMG

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

Someone PLEASE call 911

It was another long,…really… long…night

What do owlets eat?

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

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

The sun feels so good!

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

Marsh view from the rear

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

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

Trying to escape foster parent

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

Hi Mom!

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

One owlet is thriving

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

Snuggled in our new home

Mom feeds Big Sib first

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

Hanging on too long???

compacting

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

Cedar Tree on easement

Free fallin’

Marsh Owl

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

Zeroing in on the kids

Made it across!

Really???

Big Foot is right overhead above me

Basking in the sun photo op

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

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

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

Sleepy time

Parent watching over the journey

I am fine.

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

Back in the nest tree

Guess Hoo?

Am I getting tan yet?

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

Our back garden Live Oaks

In the marsh, natural GPS?

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

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

We love to snuggle

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

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

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

Tide is coming in fast

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

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

No, but you are bigger than me..

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

Am I getting tan yet?

…

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

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

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

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Peek!

I STILL do not want to come home…

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

I am going to need a bigger ladder

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

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

Tide coming in fast

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

Checking on kids from the pines

What happened Sunday night?

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

It was not a good night…

Mom watching from the tall pines

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Bamboo pole

Ditto

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

Settling into our new digs

Back together again. Well close enough.

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

Getting back to dry land

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

We are too sure about this brancher business

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

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

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

Discovering my new home

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

I feel a nap coming on

We really do not want to talk to you right now

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

What took you so long?

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

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

Waking Up

Passing inspection

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

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

I am hungry!!!

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

Standing up in original nest

it is a very, very long story

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

Recovering from near fatal swim

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

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

So much to explain…

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

Is that what I thing it is?

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

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

We were not ready to be branchers

Posing politely for photos

Moving back to nook

We are getting hungry

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

The WHOLE rat????

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

Good morning peek-a-boo

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

Looks like my foster parent

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here

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

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

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

I am trying to let go, but…

Being inspected for injury

Dad with one owlet

MiniMe is hard to find

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

Same photo, zoomed in

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

This may take a while…

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

I am caught….

My parent is watching over me…

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

Expelling a pellet

It was a very long night

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

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

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

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

Early morning hunting

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

Drying out and feeling better

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

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

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

And more…

Hide and Seek

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

Next time could we please get a roof?

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

White Ibis Gathering

Happy Feet

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

“They are NOT pets!”

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

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

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

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

I am trying! Really trying….

Back-in-the-box!

Exploring the garden

Catching some rays

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

mar 16 talon caught feature photo can't be good

I’m coming MM

i should probably just get in without a fuss

Nancy texts me

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

After exam

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

The Box

Looking for our parents

What took you so long to come find me?

Sibling owlet being deposited above

I have something caught in my gizzard

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

Early morning breakfast delivery

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

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

I can not get loose

My what big feet I have!

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

I am very, very weary…

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

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

Don’t eat!!!

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

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

I am really high up here!

I complied

OMG

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

Oops. This is not where I went

Precarious ladder position into thin air

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

One parent always on watch

Dad is watching over us

And more…

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

I had a very rough morning…

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

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

Getting ready to go back in a tree

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Breakfast Yummy

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

Hide and Seek in the trees…

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

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

Exploring the big blue pot

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

One owlet or two?

Rainy day on the marsh

Uh oh…this can’t be good

Crossing the mercy

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

View from back garden to tall pines

Sleepy after all the commotion

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

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

Looking rather lion like

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

Rats!

Where is MiniMe?

I am in big trouble here

I am all wet and SALTY!

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

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

I know I got UP here……

I can explain…

A bit wary

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

Beginning to dry out

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

Journey to The ISLAND

Sunday afternoon snooze

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

Yay! For MiniMe!

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

And there is more….

Not me either!

Waiting for the tide to go out

In the garden again

Parent on ‘the perch’.

All dry from the front

Swan dive

Don’t think I can make it

Waiting for the tide to go out?

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

Getting closer

Very wary when feeding the kids

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

Ready for our close up!

Supervising the photo shoot

I swear

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

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

I am compacting, not singing

It didn’t last long……….

I do!!!

This is really, really not looking good…

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

Where is the ground?

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

Warmest, best spot

hanging out in cedar tree

Pardon my rear

Hmmmmmm……..

Parent can’t even watch this time!

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

Not my best morning

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

uh oh.

Almost done

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

Catching some rays

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

Oops caught

Three owlet pellets

All I get is the blank stare

I am feeling much better now

And I stay here almost all night

Asking for divine intervention?

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

Are we done yet?

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

First morning on the island

I am just taking a snooze

Photo Op!

Do not even think about taking my rats!

Life is good!

Breakfast

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

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

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

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

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

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

MiniMe looks dreadful

Yummy leftovers!

Morning showers all wet close up

What next?

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

Marsh trek rest

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

White Ibis Preening

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

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

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

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

All dry

Ferns add so much to our decor

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

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