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“They are NOT pets!”

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

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Yummy leftovers!

Catching some rays

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Breakfast Yummy

Standing up in original nest

In the garden again

We are too sure about this brancher business

We were not ready to be branchers

Passing inspection

Oops. This is not where I went

A bit wary

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

We love to snuggle

Do not even think about taking my rats!

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

Sibling owlet being deposited above

Breakfast

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Sleepy time

Ferns add so much to our decor

Falle owlet placed on branch above Klingon

I am caught….

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 4

Waiting for the tide to go out

Debbie retrieves MiniMe

I feel a nap coming on

MiniMe hears its Mother’s call

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

Am I getting tan yet?

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

Mar 25 mm in garden think she has been fed

Ready for our close up!

NO. I will be fine. Don’t worry…

Prey of the day and corresponding owlet pellets

Parent in tall pine can’t even watch!

Mar 7 perspective nest w tall pines tighter

Am I getting tan yet?

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

First Owlet down being returned to nest

Are we done yet?

Back-in-the-box!

I cover box with blanket to hopefully settle it down

Tide coming in fast

Discovering my new home

It was another long,…really… long…night

Even my petticoat is getting fluffy again

Mar 16 oops upside down possible feature goes with 2

Warmest, best spot

Checking on kids from the pines

Big Foot is right overhead above me

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

Where is MiniMe?

Tuesday morning so, so pitiful

MiniMe is squawking in the marsh

Me? I wasn’t doing anything…..

mar 16 talon caught feature photo can't be good

Hmmmmmm……..

Mar 25 big is watching safe high up in a tree

Using wings to get through tall spartina grass

I do!!!

Two owlets restored to River Birch tree branches.

Our back garden Live Oaks

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

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

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 8

I have something caught in my gizzard

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions gps-

Waking Up

Mar 24 mm placed in tree after kayak rescue

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

And I stay here almost all night

Supervising the photo shoot

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

Exploring the second floor, using wings to balance.

I am fine.

Catching some rays

Dad and Steve at Flight demonstration Center for Birds of Prey

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

Someone PLEASE call 911

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

Early morning sunshine after our breakfast

The sun feels so good!

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

All I get is the blank stare

I have a rat tail caught in my beak

Carrying ‘bucket’ owlet up past other owlet

White Ibis Preening

White Ibis Gathering

Rats!

Looks like my foster parent

What next?

We are getting hungry

Oops caught

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

mar 16 I seriously thought we were done with ladder work

Marsh Owl

I am trying! Really trying….

Mom feeds Big Sib first

Life is good!

Crossing the mercy

We love to snuggle

Mar 19 MM cedar dons pines so close nice

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

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

Seriously, do NOT tell me what to do!

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

Really???

And more…

We really do not want to talk to you right now

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

Peek!

Guess Hoo?

Finally! On the The ISLAND!

Mar 20 mm journey to island 10 across easement rest

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

And this tree comes with breakfast!

Why the parent owl on watch is hard to spot

mar 15 in the marsh trying to get directions

I can explain…

MiniMe hanging out in the Cedar Tree Wednesday afternoon

Recovering on the ground after near fatal sswim

Posing politely for photos

Cedar Tree on easement

One owlet is thriving

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

Uh oh…this can’t be good

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 7

We were not ready to be branchers

What took you so long to come find me?

All dry

…

First morning on the island

After exam

Photo Op!

I complied

mar 15 no body told me about the pluff mud either

Journey to The ISLAND

This may take a while…

Hanging on too long???

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

MiniMe is heading back to the marsh!

it is a very, very long story

I am trying to let go, but…

I am just taking a snooze

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here2

Free fallin’

Ditto

Sunday afternoon snooze

On the hunt early Wednesday morning

Trying out the second floor

Early morning breakfast delivery

Expelling a pellet

Passing inspection

Swan dive

Same photo, zoomed in

Hide and Seek

What took you so long?

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

In the marsh, natural GPS?

Ferns add so much to our decor

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

Parent on ‘the perch’.

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

Asking for divine intervention?

Hide and Seek in the trees…

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

It was not a good night…

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

I have changed my mind about going to The ISLAND

Back together again. Well close enough.

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

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

Mar 20 mm journey to island 5 yes still following

Mar 20 mm journey to island 9 crossing easement

Oops. This is not where I went

Catching some rays

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

It didn’t last long……….

Mar 19 MM in Cedar afternoon from our dock 2

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

Dad with one owlet

A bit wary

uh oh.

I had a very rough morning…

Recovering from near fatal swim

Tall pines on high marsh island. Parent Hangout

Made it across!

Ok Back in the tree, sort of.

Three owlet pellets

Bamboo pole

Rainy day on the marsh

Pardon my rear

Is that what I thing it is?

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

Hi Mom!

Chiin’ in the new ‘hood

My Big Sibling is on The ISLAND!

compacting

In the garden again

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

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

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

Breakfast Yummy

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

Drying out and feeling better

I cannot keep as a pet ;-(

Is MiniMe looking a bit forlorn to you?

A Hard to spot adult parent on the near watch

Expelling Owl Pellet

Mar 17 MM in lichen tree, sees familiar face 2

Not me either!

From a distance it is hard to tell Mm from stumps

I am feeling much better now

And more…

It’s cold today!

I’m coming MM

One owlet or two?

Yummy leftovers!

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

Uh oh. There’s a moat…

Getting ready to go back in a tree

Standing up in original nest

Early morning hunting

I am all wet and SALTY!

Good morning peek-a-boo

The WHOLE rat????

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

Getting back to dry land

Dad keeping warm on back porch during owlet watch.

So much to explain…

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

MiniMe is hard to find

My parent is watching over me…

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

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

MiniMe looks dreadful

I don’t know if I can make it…again…

First view of Mom on nest with owlet

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

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

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

I know I got UP here……

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

Zeroing in on the kids

The Box

Debbie demonstrates how to hold the owlet for examination

Feeing safer

Mom arrives with dinner, a cedar waxwing

I am compacting, not singing

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

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

mar 16 talon caught wolves bite off foot to get loose

Ladder goes back up to the nest tree

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

Happy Feet

Exploring the big blue pot

I STILL do not want to come home…

mar 14 vulture landing at Birds of Prey 2

This is not where I went

Sleepy after all the commotion

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

Being inspected for injury

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 15 crossing the easment to creek perspective

OMG

What happened Sunday night?

Recovering on the ground after near fatal drowning

And this tree comes with breakfast!

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

Mar 24 big sib watching all with big eyes

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there

Makes the crossing to The ISLAND

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

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

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree

One parent always on watch

OMG

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

Mar 24 mm looking better, drying out a little later

Moving back to nook

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

I can not get loose

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

Clumsy. Clumsy. Clumsy.

Snuggled in our new home

This is NOT what I expected on my inaugural fledge!

Basking in the sun photo op

Sleepy time

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

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

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

Do not even think about taking my rats!

2nd Floor outlook, when is dinner?

Mar 20 mm journey to island 23 makes it!

Tide is coming in fast

I swear I do not know where MiniMe is

Sun setting, getting close to feeding time

And there is more….

I am going to need a bigger ladder

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

All dry from the front

Exploring the garden

Next time could we please get a roof?

Afternoon nap on the 2nd floor

Trying to escape foster parent

hanging out in cedar tree

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

Don’t think I can make it

We are too sure about this brancher business

Almost done

Mar 26 mm just beforenear fatal swan dive

This is really, really not looking good…

Does the phrase “sitting duck” apply here?

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

I seriously thought we done with the ladder work

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

Hangin in the rain in our first nest

Code Red Owlet Down February 22

MM in lichen tree and sees a familiar face

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

Beginning to dry out

I am determined to be a marsh owlet

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

An owlet on good behavior: Big Sib in tree

Hiding in the Cedar Tree

Mar 16 here to help you back in the tree 5

View from back garden to tall pines

Hanging out on the 2nd floor

What do owlets eat?

Don’t eat!!!

Breakfast

Thanks, I’ve got this now…

Mar 20 mm journey to island 8 crossing easement

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

Precarious ladder position into thin air

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

Vanessa Kauffmann photographing the owlets

Nancy texts me

We like our new home. February 27, 2014

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

Back in the nest tree

I am in big trouble here

Sibling owlet being deposited above

Mar 16 wow how did I get here in tree ivy

Looking rather lion like

Parent can’t even watch this time!

Dad is watching over us

I am really high up here!

Looking for our parents

Mar 20 MM examination over in tree flaring

mar 16 talon caught I could really use some help here

Fashionable headgear in case Mom attacks

Parent watching over the journey

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

Marsh view from the rear

Settling into our new digs

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

Maybe I should reconsider the cedar tree…

My what big feet I have!

“They are NOT pets!”

Mar 25 mm heads to garden squawking for dinner

It was a very long night

Mom watching from the tall pines

i should probably just get in without a fuss

Where is the ground?

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

Finally, someone that knows what they are doing

I swear

Great Horned Owlets

mar 15 crossing the easment to creek alsmost there 2

Mar 20 mm journey to island 3 mom not too concerned

I am very, very weary…

Very wary when feeding the kids

Yay! For MiniMe!

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

Not my best morning

Waiting for the tide to go out?

No, but you are bigger than me..

Getting closer

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

I COULD cilmb back up, but….

Marsh trek rest

mar 14 harris hawk flying 2 at Birds of Prey 2

Morning showers all wet close up

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