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Oops. This is not where I went

Do not even think about taking my rats!

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

We were not ready to be branchers

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Breakfast Yummy

Yummy leftovers!

“They are NOT pets!”

We are too sure about this brancher business

Passing inspection

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

Breakfast

Catching some rays

A bit wary

First Owlet down being returned to nest

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

We love to snuggle

In the garden again

Sibling owlet being deposited above

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Standing up in original nest

Sleepy time

Ferns add so much to our decor

Dad is watching over us

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

My parent is watching over me…

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

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

Morning showers all wet close up

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

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

Marsh trek rest

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

i should probably just get in without a fuss

Being inspected for injury

Catching some rays

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

White Ibis Preening

All dry

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

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

OMG

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

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

Drying out and feeling better

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Yay! For MiniMe!

The sun feels so good!

I complied

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

Rainy day on the marsh

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

Exploring the garden

Early morning hunting

“They are NOT pets!”

What do owlets eat?

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

A bit wary

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

Are we done yet?

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

Very wary when feeding the kids

Breakfast Yummy

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

uh oh.

hanging out in cedar tree

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

Hide and Seek in the trees…

I am hungry!!!

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

Getting closer

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

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

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

Discovering my new home

Where is the ground?

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

OMG

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

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

Exploring the big blue pot

Big Foot is right overhead above me

Zeroing in on the kids

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

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

I swear

Not my best morning

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

Life is good!

Really???

Passing inspection

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

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

Swan dive

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

Made it across!

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

Standing up in original nest

Sleepy time

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

Mom watching from the tall pines

mar 16 talon caught feature photo can't be good

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

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

Ferns add so much to our decor

Trying out the second floor

Photo Op!

This may take a while…

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

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

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

Hanging on too long???

Beginning to dry out

What took you so long to come find me?

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

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

Breakfast

Catching some rays

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

Good morning peek-a-boo

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Sibling owlet being deposited above

This is really, really not looking good…

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

And there is more….

Cedar Tree on easement

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

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

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

I had a very rough morning…

Almost done

Hmmmmmm……..

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

Ditto

Marsh Owl

White Ibis Gathering

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

One owlet or two?

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

Nancy texts me

Parent watching over the journey

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

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

Not me either!

So much to explain…

I am really high up here!

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

Sleepy after all the commotion

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

Don’t think I can make it

Pardon my rear

After exam

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

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

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

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

I do!!!

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

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Precarious ladder position into thin air

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

Recovering from near fatal swim

Yummy leftovers!

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

Parent can’t even watch this time!

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

Oops caught

Feeing safer

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

Looking for our parents

First morning on the island

Basking in the sun photo op

Back together again. Well close enough.

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

In the marsh, natural GPS?

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

I am feeling much better now

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

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

Peek!

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

I am all wet and SALTY!

I know I got UP here……

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

Parent on ‘the perch’.

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

We are getting hungry

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

Dad with one owlet

I am in big trouble here

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

Great Horned Owlets

In the garden again

Back in the nest tree

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

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

View from back garden to tall pines

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

Is that what I thing it is?

I am fine.

Trying to escape foster parent

Back-in-the-box!

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

Posing politely for photos

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

Supervising the photo shoot

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

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

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

My what big feet I have!

Happy Feet

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

One parent always on watch

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

Waiting for the tide to go out

Three owlet pellets

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

Sunday afternoon snooze

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

Checking on kids from the pines

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

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

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

Same photo, zoomed in

One owlet is thriving

We were not ready to be branchers

What took you so long?

The Box

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

compacting

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

Getting back to dry land

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

Oops. This is not where I went

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

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

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

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

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

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

Expelling a pellet

It was a very long night

Asking for divine intervention?

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

Rats!

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

Uh oh…this can’t be good

It was another long,…really… long…night

Do not even think about taking my rats!

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

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

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

I STILL do not want to come home…

Tide coming in fast

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

I can not get loose

Free fallin’

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

I am compacting, not singing

What happened Sunday night?

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

I can explain…

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

We really do not want to talk to you right now

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

Settling into our new digs

I am very, very weary…

Next time could we please get a roof?

Bamboo pole

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

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

Where is MiniMe?

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

Journey to The ISLAND

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

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here

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

I’m coming MM

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

I am trying to let go, but…

I am trying! Really trying….

All I get is the blank stare

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

I am just taking a snooze

Moving back to nook

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

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

I am going to need a bigger ladder

And more…

Tide is coming in fast

Hide and Seek

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

Snuggled in our new home

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

Am I getting tan yet?

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

We are too sure about this brancher business

it is a very, very long story

And this tree comes with breakfast!

All dry from the front

…

Getting ready to go back in a tree

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

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

The WHOLE rat????

Warmest, best spot

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

Guess Hoo?

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

I have something caught in my gizzard

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Marsh view from the rear

It didn’t last long……….

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

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

I feel a nap coming on

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

And more…

Waiting for the tide to go out?

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

MiniMe is hard to find

Am I getting tan yet?

Early morning breakfast delivery

I am caught….

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

And I stay here almost all night

Someone PLEASE call 911

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

Crossing the mercy

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

It’s cold today!

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

Looking rather lion like

Expelling Owl Pellet

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

Looks like my foster parent

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

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

Our back garden Live Oaks

Hi Mom!

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

Waking Up

This is not where I went

We love to snuggle

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

MiniMe looks dreadful

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

Mom feeds Big Sib first

What next?

Don’t eat!!!

No, but you are bigger than me..

Ready for our close up!

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

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

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

It was not a good night…

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