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