When I saw the adults yesterday, it crossed my mind that I might not be able to tell the difference between adults and babies any more. The body […]
Masterclass
I can’t easily find any good resources on how/when owlets learn to hoot. But they have to learn at some point, right? I’m just saying. And I’m just […]
!!!
Hello owl!! In my house, when we hear owls, everything stops — even if we’re just minutes from the end of an episode of Ted Lasso — and […]
Scooby Observes
From 4/23. One minute of Scooby on his second day observing the outside. Bonus adorable clack-clack at the very end!
Doing it Wrong
This weird little interaction happened on April 23, hours *after* the owlets made their to-humans debut. Because I’ve seen Daphne “chide” Simon several other times in the last […]
Drama Mama
I went back to the very beginning of fledging today. This video is from Saturday, 4/22, just minutes before Neighbor Kathy spotted the babies for the first time. […]
Visit
At 8:30 last night, Neighbor Jack texted to say he had two babies and an adult in his yard again. They were in the same oak tree they’d […]
Checking In
Simon, this afternoon: “Once upon a time, you were excited when you saw me. I’m still pretty hooty!”
Fin
Here’s the kids. They ruminated about this jump, which is facing south-west, for about an hour. They decided no, then they moved to another branch and took a […]