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 […]

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. […]

Simon, this afternoon: “Once upon a time, you were excited when you saw me. I’m still pretty hooty!”

IF I were guessing what’s going on and projecting human thoughts onto these birds, I might be inclined to guess that this happened this morning: Simon showed up […]

TFW your masterful, grown-up-bird takeoff whacks your brother in the face.

Last night I found the kids, and happily they were back in our yard. Before I could even finish rejoicing, I saw an adult owl flying down the […]

After two very different starts to their fledging experiences, Scooby and Shaggy are working together on skills and being adorable. Shot 5/3. I’ve also seen the adults show […]

I know that I think of owls as hunting mostly with their eyeballs, but they have amazing hearing, too. Allaboutbirds.org says that barn owls have the best hearing […]

As promised, the rather lengthy but captivating video of last night’s bonding-meal with one of the babies. Warning: if raw mammal flesh is not your love language, some […]