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Do not even think about taking my rats!

Ferns add so much to our decor

A bit wary

Standing up in original nest

Breakfast

“They are NOT pets!”

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

We were not ready to be branchers

Yummy leftovers!

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Oops. This is not where I went

Sibling owlet being deposited above

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Catching some rays

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Sleepy time

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

We are too sure about this brancher business

We love to snuggle

Passing inspection

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

Breakfast Yummy

In the garden again

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

Morning showers all wet close up

We love to snuggle

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

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

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

Almost done

It was another long,…really… long…night

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

We are getting hungry

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

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

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

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

And more…

This is really, really not looking good…

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

Beginning to dry out

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

Catching some rays

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

Getting back to dry land

Back in the nest tree

Yay! For MiniMe!

…

And I stay here almost all night

Am I getting tan yet?

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

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

Settling into our new digs

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

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

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

Really???

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

Early morning breakfast delivery

All dry from the front

All I get is the blank stare

Waiting for the tide to go out

Marsh view from the rear

Ditto

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

Warmest, best spot

Next time could we please get a roof?

Oops. This is not where I went

In the garden again

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

Don’t think I can make it

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

What next?

We are too sure about this brancher business

Catching some rays

Supervising the photo shoot

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

Breakfast

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

Made it across!

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

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

Drying out and feeling better

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

Bamboo pole

The sun feels so good!

Pardon my rear

Zeroing in on the kids

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

Rats!

I am just taking a snooze

So much to explain…

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

Looking rather lion like

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

compacting

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

White Ibis Gathering

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

I am trying! Really trying….

Back-in-the-box!

Sleepy time

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

Exploring the garden

I am hungry!!!

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

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

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

Hide and Seek

I am trying to let go, but…

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

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

We were not ready to be branchers

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

All dry

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

Not my best morning

Where is MiniMe?

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

My parent is watching over me…

And this tree comes with breakfast!

hanging out in cedar tree

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

Am I getting tan yet?

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

Posing politely for photos

Snuggled in our new home

I am caught….

What took you so long to come find me?

Waking Up

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

This is not where I went

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

Happy Feet

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

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

I swear

Being inspected for injury

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

Recovering from near fatal swim

It was a very long night

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

Great Horned Owlets

Discovering my new home

It’s cold today!

Same photo, zoomed in

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

Do not even think about taking my rats!

uh oh.

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

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

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

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

Trying out the second floor

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

The WHOLE rat????

Back together again. Well close enough.

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

Mom feeds Big Sib first

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

I am in big trouble here

Marsh Owl

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

OMG

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

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

Tide is coming in fast

Trying to escape foster parent

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

Basking in the sun photo op

Tide coming in fast

First morning on the island

I am fine.

And there is more….

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

A bit wary

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

Looking for our parents

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

Getting closer

Asking for divine intervention?

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

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

I STILL do not want to come home…

i should probably just get in without a fuss

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

Are we done yet?

I’m coming MM

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

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

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

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

Parent watching over the journey

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

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

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

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

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

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

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

Nancy texts me

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

What took you so long?

Our back garden Live Oaks

First Owlet down being returned to nest

I complied

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

Breakfast Yummy

Guess Hoo?

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

Someone PLEASE call 911

it is a very, very long story

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

Ready for our close up!

Hide and Seek in the trees…

My what big feet I have!

And this tree comes with breakfast!

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

Hmmmmmm……..

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

Ferns add so much to our decor

Standing up in original nest

One parent always on watch

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

Precarious ladder position into thin air

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

Good morning peek-a-boo

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

One owlet or two?

Dad is watching over us

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

Parent on ‘the perch’.

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

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

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

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

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

MiniMe looks dreadful

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

I can not get loose

Hi Mom!

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

Oops caught

Expelling a pellet

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

mar 16 talon caught feature photo can't be good

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

Journey to The ISLAND

It was not a good night…

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

I am really high up here!

Parent can’t even watch this time!

Sunday afternoon snooze

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

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

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

Rainy day on the marsh

I am very, very weary…

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

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

Sibling owlet being deposited above

I do!!!

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

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

Mom watching from the tall pines

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

It didn’t last long……….

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

Free fallin’

Getting ready to go back in a tree

I have something caught in my gizzard

Peek!

Very wary when feeding the kids

Is that what I thing it is?

And more…

The Box

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

I can explain…

Big Foot is right overhead above me

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

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

This may take a while…

I feel a nap coming on

I am compacting, not singing

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

We really do not want to talk to you right now

Exploring the big blue pot

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

Don’t eat!!!

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

White Ibis Preening

I know I got UP here……

I had a very rough morning…

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

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

View from back garden to tall pines

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

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

Not me either!

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

Marsh trek rest

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

Photo Op!

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

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

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

No, but you are bigger than me..

After exam

One owlet is thriving

I am going to need a bigger ladder

What do owlets eat?

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

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

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

Cedar Tree on easement

MiniMe is hard to find

Moving back to nook

Dad with one owlet

Three owlet pellets

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

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

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

OMG

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

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

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

Crossing the mercy

Waiting for the tide to go out?

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

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Hanging on too long???

Expelling Owl Pellet

In the marsh, natural GPS?

Uh oh…this can’t be good

What happened Sunday night?

“They are NOT pets!”

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

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

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

Passing inspection

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

Looks like my foster parent

Where is the ground?

Feeing safer

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

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

I am all wet and SALTY!

Sleepy after all the commotion

Checking on kids from the pines

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

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

Yummy leftovers!

Early morning hunting

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

Swan dive

I am feeling much better now

Life is good!

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