Category: 2017

  • It’s tough making babies!

    It’s tough making babies!

    Sweet Mama looks a little disheveled today. Also a little sleepy, although honestly Henrietta does sleepy-face most of the time so that’s not unusual.

  • Log

    Log

    Henrietta’s trips outside the nest seem to be getting both shorter and less frequent. I’m pretty sure she hadn’t left for almost 12 hours when she just departed at 6:18pm, and she was back before 6:26pm. There are still two eggs.  

  • Awwwwww yeah  (video)

    Awwwwww yeah (video)

  • Log

    Log

    LOG: As of 7:10am, when Henrietta left the nest for 7 minutes, there were still two (and only two) big bright eggs.

  • I think I found it! (video)

    I think I found it! (video)

    Henrietta arrived back on the nest at 12:55am today (Saturday). She stayed there until almost 5pm, when she left and we could see that there were two eggs. During that time, she’s futzed with her undercarriage approximately hourly. Also during that time it’s apparent that she’s pulled off a lot of her own feathers and…

  • Owl love

    Owl love

  • One beautiful owl egg, plus one beautiful owl egg…

    One beautiful owl egg, plus one beautiful owl egg…

    …is TWO! Two beautiful owl eggs! Ah ha ha ha!! <thunderclap> Thanks to the several of you who messaged me! I’m going back to see if I can find the video. Watch this spot.

  • This bird. (video)

    This bird. (video)

    She just gets me RIGHT HERE, you know?

  • “Hey, is that an egg?” (video)

    “Hey, is that an egg?” (video)

    YES YES IT IS IT’S AN EGG Very interesting that Henrietta has seemed so snoozy today. She barely moved, after a couple days of in-and-out visits and gnawing industriously on the wall. But today she slept almost the entire day. I checked in periodically, but then I got busy, and it was my boss who…