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