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 […]
5/9
I found one baby at 6:30pm yesterday. But Daphne was the real star, reminding me once again how magical camouflage is. Also, it’s nice to have nice neighbors.
Journey
Here’s a map of the fledging story for the year, as it relates to my house. Yellow star is the nest. Numbers are days starting April 25, when […]